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2. Monobloc (chair) - Wikipedia

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   Variants of the one-piece plastic chair designed by Canadian Douglas C. Simpson in 1946 went into production with Allibert Group and Grosfillex Group in the 1970s. [2] Other sources name the French engineer Henry Massonnet from Nurieux-Volognat with his "Fauteuil 300" from 1972 as the inventor of the monobloc. [3]

3. The Devil's Chair (urban legend) - Wikipedia

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   The Devil's Chair or Baird Chair as it is officially named in the Highland Park Cemetery of Kirksville, Missouri was first placed in the cemetery by Charles Grassle and David Baird when David's wife, Anna Maria (Hoye) Baird, died in 1911. It has become involved in "numerous legends of a type widely replicated across the U.S., especially in ...

4. Busby's stoop chair - Wikipedia

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   The Busby's stoop chair or the Dead Man's Chair is an oak chair that was supposedly cursed by the murderer Thomas Busby before his execution by hanging in 1702 in North Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. The chair is said to have remained in use for centuries at the Busby Stoop inn, near Thirsk. Due to the many deaths later attributed to people ...

5. Chair - Wikipedia

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   Chair, c. 1772, mahogany, covered in modern red morocco leather, height: 97.2 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest.

6. Chiavari chair - Wikipedia

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   Chiavari Chairs given to Pope Leo XIII by the Italian City of Chiavari when the city became a diocese in 1892 The chair is designed with each component made for the specific stresses it will carry. Descalzi designed a slot system for the construction and a system to tie the strips of the purple willow which form the seat of the chair directly ...

7. Pallet - Wikipedia

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   Pallet wood has been recycled for use as furniture wood by at least one company. The acoustic guitar maker Taylor Guitars once produced a high quality "pallet guitar" [ 33 ] made from pallet wood, in order to demonstrate the importance of construction technique versus expensive exotic woods.