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The Humble Chair As A Status Symbol Throughout History
From the office armchair and humble foldaway beach chair, to leather upholstered, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink recliner or simple bar stool, our society is full of different chairs for different purposes. However it's not always been like this. The chair has a firm place in history as a status symbol, whose presence and position said a lot about its user, and in many areas this status is still in existence today.
Ironically, perhaps the most comfortable chairs are those given the least amount of formality in society, whereas the least comfortable chairs tend to signify more importance. An everyday example of this is office furniture. Our mind has been conditioned to believe that comfort comes when our legs and spine are at a 90 degree angle or greater, so when we're stuck in an office conference room for an afternoon, we automatically tend to tilt the chair backwards a little to achieve this comfort.
This interesting phenomenon probably dates back to early tribal gatherings, where only the tribal leaders were allowed a platform to sit upon, whether it be a large rock or tree stump. This mark of authority gradually made its way to kingdoms and empires, where gradually evolving culture would accept the chair as a sign of status and wealth. From royal courts, where a hierarchical seating system would give the judge a seat with arms, and everyone else slightly less comfort, right down to stools for the poorest, to Roman gladiator arenas, where the reigning entity chose life or death from their throne. This public throne was adapted from a much simpler Egyptian design
Simple folding chairs were seen as important pieces of furniture in the 14th century North Africa and the Mediterranean. Tutankhamen was buried with a folding chair in his tomb as the chair itself was only given to the most high-ranking official at ceremonies. Some say this tradition is where the famous Hollywood director's chair came from, and even the domestic cliché of the father of the household getting the biggest, or comfiest, chair. Today the foldaway chair is used only for practicality though, from lounging on the beach to school assemblies and even military field operations, as formality is determined by expense in chairs these days. The mighty throne has long been the definitive example of this, as its often ornate carvings or embedded jewels allowed its owner to display grand wealth in an object that will be seen by so many subjects. Today perhaps the most famous and significant throne in use is St Edward's Chair in Westminster Abbey, where the British monarchs are still crowned. Of course, it once held the Stone of Scone (or Stone of Destiny) upon which the Kings of Scotland were crowned too, until it was stolen.
Today though, popular culture is rife with significant armchairs , from the famous black leather Master Mind chair, to the diary room chair in the Big Brother house.
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