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The evolution of the chair is from the simple backless stool, commonly three-legged for stability. As there is no wide back, there is no reason to have more than one rear leg. These gave rise to the backstool, a backless stool with one leg extended upwards and later widened by a flat pad. As this pad developed further and wider it began to be ...
601 Chair by Dieter Rams. 10 Downing Street Guard Chairs, two antique chairs used by guards in the early 19th century; 14 chair (No. 14 chair) is the archetypal bentwood side chair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular today [1]
Diphros (Greek: Δίφρος) was an Ancient Greek stool without back and with four turned legs. It was easily transportable and so in common use. Gods are shown sitting on diphroi on the Parthenon frieze; women used them in their home.
A stool is a raised seat commonly supported by three or four legs, but with neither armrests nor a backrest (in early stools), and typically built to accommodate one occupant. As some of the earliest forms of seat , stools are sometimes called backless chairs despite how some modern stools have backrests.
If backless, it is known as a birth stool. The early birthing chairs varied between having three or four legs, though three legged birthing chairs are most commonly seen. [ 1 ] Both styles support the bottom of the women in labor and often have a slender, sloped back for comfort and to allow birthing assistants , who are positioned behind the ...
Sabrina Carpenter wears a backless gown for her first time at the Grammys Carpenter, styled by Jared Ellner, took everyone by surprise in a baby blue halter gown with a peplum and floor-grazing ...
Interpretations of the figures varies. The twelve seated deities are taken to be the Olympians, they are one third taller than any other figure on the frieze and are arranged in two groups of six on diphroi (backless) stools, common forms of ancient furniture, with the exception of Zeus who is enthroned.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...