Furniture/desk And Chair

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...and utility, and the way in which people interpret interior appointments is interwoven both with the trends and skills of a particular historical era, but also with the symbolic experiential relationship that people associate with specific items. The following examination of this aspect of furniture history looks specifically at two categories, chairs and desks.
Chairs
There are very few items that are more prescriptive in their use than a chair, as the design of a chair serves to dictate the posture of the person using it (“Chairs” 18). As it is the chair that largely determines how the seated individual uses this piece of furniture, its designs may coincide with the desires of that individual or it may differ greatly. Therefore, interpretation of the chair’s design begins with individual consciousness and preference. The “will of the designer is expressed as a prescription for your posture” and the chair is that designer’s “tutor by proxy” (“Chairs” 18). If a person’s back is inclined 45 degrees and sitting in a chair that...

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