List of chairs

The following is a partial list of chairs with descriptions, with internal or external cross-references about most of the chairs. For other chair-like types (like bench, stool), see Seats.

0–9

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14 chair (No. 14 chair) is the archetypal bentwood side chair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular today
3107 chair (Model 3107 chair) is a variant of the Ant chair, both designed by Arne Jacobsen (see below)
40/4 (forty-in-four) stacking chair designed by David Rowland, 1964
406 Aalto armchair designed by Alvar Aalto in 1938 (IKEA sells a similar design called the Poäng lounge chair)
4801 armchair designed by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1964
601 Chair designed by Dieter Rams
620 Chair designed by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ
654W Lounge Chair (Model 654W), designed by Jens Risom for Knoll
683 chair by Carlo De Carli^{[it; fr]} for Cassina (inaugural 1954 Compasso d'Oro award)

A

"A" Chair (Chaise A), designed by Xavier Pauchard^[fr] for Tolix in 1927. (Later variants including the "A56" were designed by Pauchard's sons.)
Adirondack chair, a non-adjustable wooden outdoor lounge chair
Aeron chair, an ergonomic office chair designed by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf for Herman Miller
Air-Chair^[it], a lightweight moulded chair design by Jasper Morrison for Magis^[it]
Alta chair and ottoman designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Ant chair, designed in 1952 by Arne Jacobsen for use in the canteen of the Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Industries.

B

Bachelor's chair, dates from the 18th century and converts into a stepstool, ladder or ironing board
Backpack chair, a combination of a backpack and a chair, sometimes used for camping, hiking or short hunting trips
Balans chair, designed by Norwegian furniture designer Peter Opsvik in 1979, is the original kneeling chair design
Ball Chair, designed by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1963 (also see: Bubble chair)
Bar stool, tall narrow stool designed for seating at a bar or counter
Bárány chair, a swivel chair used in pilot training to teach reliance on aerospace instruments
Barber's Chair
Barcelona chair, designed in 1929 by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich; characterized by leather upholstery, an angled seat and back without armrests, and X-shaped stainless steel legs; made by Knoll (and widely copied)
Bardic chair, custom chair built every year for the winner of an Awdl poetry contest in Wales
Barrel chair, has a high round back like half a barrel; large and upholstered
Basket chair^[nl], mid-century design by Gian Franco Legler^[nl]
Bath chair, light carriage on wheels with a folding hood, for outdoor transport, often used by the physically disabled
Beach chair (Strandkorb), designed to provide comfort and protection from sun, wind, rain, and sand on beaches frequented by tourists
Bean bag chair (Sacco), designed in 1968 designed by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro for Zanotta
Bergère, upholstered chair introduced in the Régence/Rococo period in France in the 17th century
Bertoia side chair, steel grid wire chairs designed for Knoll by sculptor Harry Bertoia
Bikini chair, designed by architect Wendell Lovett in 1949 and first exhibited in 10th Triennale di Milano 1954; made of metal, molded plastic, and leather; featured in the magazine Domus February 1954 (#291)
Bofinger chair, first chair worldwide in fiberglass-reinforced polyester to be produced in one single process over a steel mould; considered a classic of modern furniture design history
Bosun's chair, a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft
Brewster Chair, a style of upright, turned, wooden armchair made in the mid-17th century in New England named after Pilgrim and colonial leader William Brewster of Plymouth, Massachusetts
Brno chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich in 1929–1930
Bubble Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968 in Finland; a modernist classic
Buddy bench, a special place in a school playground where a child can go when he or she wants someone to talk to
Bungee chair, any chair which incorporates bungee cords as a primary material
Butterfly chair (BKF chair) designed in 1938 by Bonet, Kurchan and Ferrari-Hardoy (Argentina); a light folding metal frame with a large cloth or leather sling hung from the frame's four high points.
ButtOn Chair, designed for "fidgety children" in classrooms. Like a stool with a seat that tilts and requires active balance.

C

Cabriolet or Louis XV style armchair
Campaign chair, designs made to facilitate travel, historically for military campaigns
Campeche chair, a 19th-century Mexican lounge chair, popular in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the American South. It has X-shaped sides and a sling seat and back made of leather, cane or wood slats. Similar to a planter's chair, but without the extended arms.
Camping chair, lightweight folding design typically with a fabric seat and backrest
Cantilever chair, has no back legs; for support its seat and back cantilever off the top of the front legs (see: Cesca chair)
B55 Cantilever chair by Marcel Breuer
Captain's chair, was originally a low-backed wooden armchair; today the term is often applied to adjustable individual seats in a car with arm rests
Caquetoire, also known as a conversation chair, used in the European Renaissance, was developed for women because it was wider so women's fashions at the time could fit into it; this is demonstrated by the U-shaped arms
Car chair, a car seat in an automobile in which either the pilot or passenger sits, customarily in the forward direction. Many car chairs are adorned in leather or synthetic material designed for comfort or relief from the noted stress of being seated. Variants include a toddler's or infant's carseat, which are often placed atop an existing chair and secured by way of extant seat belts or other such articles.
Carver chair, similar to a Brewster chair and from the same region and period
Cathedra, a bishop's ceremonial chair
Centripetal Spring Armchair, 19th-century office chair
Cesca chair ("Breuer chair"), designed by Marcel Breuer for Knoll
Chaise a bureau, a Rococo style of chair, created during the first half of the 18th century, constructed so it could sit in a corner of a room (there is one leg directly in the back and one directly in the front, and then one leg on each side)
Chandigarh chair, designed by Eulie Chowdhury, Pierre Jeanneret, et al. in the 1950s for use in the public buildings of the new city of Chandigarh.
Chaperone chair, a three-seat chair from the 1800s that allowed a chaperone to observe a courting couple (see: Courting chair)
Chaise longue
Chaise longue (French for "long chair"), a chair with a seat long enough to completely support its user's legs. In the U.S., it is often mistakenly referred to as a 'chaise lounge'. Similar, if not identical to, a day bed, fainting couch, or récamier.
Chesterfield chair, a low club-style chair with a fully buttoned or tufted interior, typically made of leather
Chiavari chair, designed in 1870 by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi of Chiavari in Italy. The chair is lightweight, has elegant lines, yet is strong, practical and easy to handle.
Pope Leo XIII Chiavari chairs
Club chair
Club chair, a plush easy chair with a low back. The heavy sides form armrests that are usually as high as the back. The modern club chair is based upon the club chairs used by the popular and fashionable urban gentlemen's clubs of 1850s England.
Cockfighting chair, an 18th-century chair for libraries where the seat and arms were shaped so that a reader could sit astride to use a small desk attached to the back. Despite its popular name a sketch from 1794 in the Gillow archives lists it as a "Reading Chair".
Coconut chair, 1955 design by George Nelson for Herman Miller
Cogswell chair, a brand of upholstered easy chairs. It has a sloping back and curved and ornamental front legs. The armrests are open underneath.
Commode chair, a chair with the discreet functionality of a toilet for people with limited mobility.
Corner chair, made to fit into a corner and has a rectangular base with a high back on two adjacent sides; one sits with legs straddling a corner of the base

Coronation Chair, an ancient wooden chair on which British monarchs sit when they are invested with regalia and crowned at their coronations.
Curule chair was a folding cross-framed seat that developed hieratic significance in Republican Rome. The shape of its legs was revived in the Empire style.

D

Darwin's writing chair^[d], a wheeled armchair used to glide from one specimen to another in his Kent study.
Dante chair, similar to the Savonarola Chair with a more solid frame and a cushioned seat
Deckchair, a chair with a fabric or vinyl back and seat that folds flat by a scissors action round a transverse axis. The fabric extends from the sitter's feet to head. It may have an extended seat that is meant to be used as a leg rest and may have armrests. It was originally designed for passenger lounging while aboard ocean liners or ships.
Deck chairs
Dentist chair, a deeply reclining chair to allow the dentist easy access to the patient's mouth. The reclining position adjusts as well as the overall height of the chair. Associated with the chair are usually a variety of dental equipment, often including a small tap and sink for the patient to rinse his or her mouth.
Dining chair, designed to be used at a dining table; typically, dining chairs are part of a dining set, where the chairs and table feature similar or complementary designs. The oldest known depiction of dining chairs is a seventh-century BCE bas-relief of an Assyrian king and queen on very high chairs.
Diamond Lounge Chair, designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll
Director's chair, a lightweight chair that folds side-to-side with a scissors action. The seat and back are made of canvas or a similar strong fabric which bears the user's full weight and can be folded; the frame is made of wood, or sometimes metal or plastic. The seat and scissors members work together to support and distribute the sitter's weight so that the seat is comfortably taut. The back is usually low and the chair usually has armrests. The stereotypical image of a movie director on location includes one of these chairs, hence the name. Victor Papanek describes this chair as an excellent design in his book Design for the Real World as it is simple and ideally suited to its function. The design goes back to coffer-makers' chairs of the 15th century and eventually to the Roman curule chair.
Djinn chair, 1960s design by French designer Olivier Mourgue.

E

Easy chair, large, soft, and very comfortable; usually upholstered
Easy Edges, chair made of corrugated cardboard designed by architect Frank Gehry
Eames Aluminum Group, designed by Charles and Ray Eames, sold beginning in 1958
Eames Fiberglass Armchair, designed by Charles and Ray Eames, sold beginning in 1950
Eames Lounge Chair, a trademark for molded plywood chairs, contoured to fit the shape of a person
Eames Lounge Chair Wood, an easy chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames during the 1940s
Egg chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen resembles an egg
Electric chair, a device for capital punishment by electrocution; a high-backed chair with arms and restraints, usually made of oak
An example of an Elijah's chair, used at Jewish circumcisions
Elijah's chair, a chair set aside for the prophet Elijah at Jewish circumcision ceremonies
Emeco 1006, a durable aluminum chair original developed for the US Navy

F

Farthingale chair, an armless chair with a wide seat covered in usually high-quality fabric and fitted with a cushion. The backrest is an upholstered panel, with legs that are straight and rectangular. It was introduced as a chair for ladies in the late 16th century and was named in England, probably in the 19th century, for its ability to accommodate the exceptionally wide-hooped skirts fashionable of the time.
Fauteuil, an open-arm chair with considerable exposed wood, originating in 18th-century France
Fiddleback chair, a wooden chair of the Empire period, usually with an upholstered seat, in which the splat resembles a fiddle
A fighting chair is a chair on a boat used by anglers to catch large saltwater fish. The chair typically swivels and has a harness to keep the angler strapped in should the fish tug hard on the line.
Flax Chair by Christien Meindertsma is made of biodegradable material derived from flax.
Floating tensegrity chair by Manfred Kielnhofer, ARTPARK 2020
Folding chair, collapses in some way for easy storage and transport. Various folding chairs have their own names (e.g., deckchair, director's chair), but a chair described simply as a folding chair folds a rigid frame and seat around a transverse axis so that the seat becomes parallel to the back and the frame collapses with a scissors action. Some further collapse the feet up to the back. Folding chairs may be designed to stack on top of each other when folded and may come with special trolleys to move stacks of folded chairs. Folding chairs are sometimes used in professional wrestling as weapons.
Folding seat, a fixed seat on a bus, a tram or a passenger car

G

Gainsborough chair, an armchair with a high back, open sides and short arms
Gaming chair, legless, curved/L-shaped, generally upholstered, and sometimes contains built-in electronic devices like loudspeakers and vibration to enhance the video game experience; the five main types of gaming chairs are bean bags, rockers, pedestals, racers, and cockpits
Garden Egg chair, designed by Peter Ghyczy and a modernist classic
Ghost, all glass armchair designed by Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi for Fiam Italia^[it]
GJ Chair^[fr] (No. 9-1), laminated wood chair by Grete Jalk for Poul Jeppesen
Glastonbury chair, a wooden chair with flat seat and sloping back; design dates from at least the early Middle Ages
Glider (or platform rocker), offers the same motions as a rocking chair but without the dangers^{[citation needed]}; a frame rests on the floor and the chair is supported by swing arms within the frame so that moving parts are less accessible
Gossip bench or telephone table, an early 20th century chair with a built-in telephone stand
Grand Confort, designed by Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, and Pierre Jeanneret in 1928
Grand Prix, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1957
Grown chairs, using shaping of living trees and other woody plants to create structures

H

HÅG Capisco^[d], an atypical office chair designed by Peter Opsvik
Handkerchief Chair, designed by Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Knoll in 1983
Harkonnen Chair, designed by H. R. Giger initially for an unproduced movie version of Dune
Hassock, an upholstered seat that is low to the ground and has no backrest
High chair, a children's chair to raise them to the height of adults for feeding. They typically come with a detachable tray so that the child can sit apart from the main table. Booster chairs raise the height of children on regular chairs so they can eat at the main dining table. Some high chairs are clamped directly to the table and thus are more portable.
Hanging Egg Chair, designed by Danish furniture designer Nanna Ditzel in 1957
Hepplewhite chair, English furniture designer and cabinet maker George Hepplewhite active in the 1700s (see also: Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale)

I

Ideal A, office task chair designed by Vermund Larsen
Inflatable chair, usually children's toys made out of plastic; IKEA briefly marketed them as serious furniture upholstered in fabric; some are designed for use as floating lounge chairs in swimming pools.
Iquo chair, an indoor-outdoor stacking chair by Ini Archibong for Knoll
Ironing chair, a lightly built folding chair usually with a metal frame and small padded seat and either a minimal padded back or a simple tubular loop back. The chair is usually used as a 'perch', a support for carrying out an activity – such as ironing – by people with disabilities or back problems, but they are also popular with anyone requiring a light supporting chair for extended periods, such as observing through a telescope.
Ironrite Health Chair, 1930s flatpack design for an ironing chair manufactured by the Ironrite Ironer company

J

Jack and Jill, similar to the Adirondack chair, but consists of two of them joined in the middle by a table
Donald Judd chairs, early 1970s minimalist furniture by artist Donald Judd
Jump seat, auxiliary seat in airplanes and other vehicles

K

Kelp Chair, designed by Alexander Westerlund in 2021 and made from recycled fishing-net plastic and wood fibre using large-scale 3D printing.
Kneeling chairs or knee-sit chairs, meant to support someone kneeling. This is purportedly better for the back than sitting all day. The main seat is sloped forward at about 30 degrees so that the person would normally slide off, but there is a knee rest to keep the person in place.
Knotted chair, designed by Marcel Wanders in 1995 for Droog design (later manufactured by Cappellini)

L

Ladder Chair, a 1920s children's stepladder and seat by Erich Dieckmann
Ladderback chair, a wooden arm or side chair in which the horizontal elements of the back give the appearance of a ladder; typically described by the number of such elements; a 'five-back', a 'three-back'; on better examples, the width of these elements is graduated, wider to narrower, top to bottom
Lambing chair, a wood "box" form of winged arm chair rarely having upholstery. Storage under the seat is common as a drawer or compartment.
Larkin Administration Building chair by Frank Lloyd Wright
Lawn chair, usually a light, folding chair for outdoor use on soft surfaces. The left and right legs are joined along the ground into a single foot to make a broader contact area with the ground. Individual feet would otherwise dig into soft grass.
La-Z-Boy, reclining chair brand
La-Z-Boy chair
LessThanFive Chair, lightweight carbon fibre chair by Michael Young for Steelcase
Lifeguard chairs, enable a lifeguard to sit on a high perch at the beach to better look for swimmers in distress
Lift chair, a powered lifting mechanism that pushes the entire chair up from its base, allowing the user to easily move to a standing position
Litter, also known as "sedan chair", a covered chair carried by people and used to transport others
Lockheed Lounge designed by Marc Newson
Louis Ghost^[fr] chair, a transparent polycarbonate design by Philippe Starck for Kartell
Louis Seize (XVI) armchair

M

Mackintosh chairs
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Chair (1917)
Massage chair, has electromechanical devices to massage the occupant. Another kind of massage chair is one used by a therapist on which the client sits in an inverted position with the back facing the massage therapist. There is a headrest like that of the common massage table for the face.
Mezzadro^[it] seat, an unconventional chair by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta.

Ming chair
Mirra chair, designed by Studio 7.5 in 2003
Miss Blanche by Shiro Kuramata
Monobloc chair, a cheap, light-weight, stackable, weatherproof, easily cleaned, single-piece polypropylene chair designed for mass production via injection molding
Monobloc chair
Morris chair, a proprietary easy chair with adjustable back, cushions, and armrests
Muskoka chair, another name for an Adirondack chair, particularly in Canada

N

Navy chair, a durable all-aluminum chair originally developed for the US Navy
No. 14 chair, the most famous bentwood sidechair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular today
Nursing chair, a low-seated partially upholstered chair used in Victorian times, with emphasis on a woman breast-feeding an infant

O

Office chair, typically swivels, tilts, and rolls about on casters, or small wheels. It may be very plushly upholstered and in leather and thus characterized as an "executive chair", or come with a low back and be called a steno chair. Office chairs often have a number of ergonomic adjustments: seat height, armrest height and width, and back reclining tension. They are also known as a Task chairs.
Orbiter, a brand of camera seat used by camera operators that swivels at a low working height.
ON Chair, has a patented three-dimensional sitting arrangement; incorporates lateral movement to standard office chair height and reclining positions
Ottoman, a thick cushion used as a seat or a low stool, or as a rest for the feet of a seated person
Ovalia Egg Chair, similar to the Ball Chair but egg-shaped; designed by Henrik Thor-Larsen in 1968
Onit chair, a chair which is also a set of steps and an ironing board.

P

Paimio chair, a bent plywood lounge chair by Alvar Aalto
Panton Chair, a one-piece plastic chair by Danish designer Verner Panton
Papasan chair, a large, rounded, bowl-shaped chair with an adjustable angle similar to that of a futon; the bowl rests in an upright frame made of sturdy wicker or wood originally from the Philippines
Paper tube chair by Manfred Kielnhofer for Artpark
Paper tube chair by Manfred Kielnhofer (2002)
Parsons chair, curving wooden chair named for the Parsons School of Design in New York, where it was created and widely copied today
Paragon chair, similar to certain types of campaign or camping chairs, and the Butterfly chair
Peacock chair, a large wicker chair with a flared back, originating in the Philippines; also an exaggerated Windsor chair design by Hans Wegner (1947); also a chair designed by Dror studio for Cappellini
Pew, a bench in a church
Pew stacker chair, stackable chair used primarily by churches that allows chairs arranged in rows to be linked together in such a way that the seats and backs form a bench- or pew-like feel and appearance
Picto chair, 1990s office chair designed by Hans Roericht for Wilkhahn
Planter's chair, wooden chair with stretchable arms to rest the legs
Platner Arm Chair, designed by Warren Platner for Knoll
Plia^[it] folding chair, designed by Giancarlo Piretti^[it] for Castelli
Poäng, a flat-pack cantilevered bentwood armchair manufactured and marketed by Ikea, with more than 30 million made since its introduction in 1978, and 1.5 million sold annually.
Polypropylene stacking chair, designed by Robin Day in 1963
Poofbag chair, similar to an oversized bean-bag chair filled with urethane foam
Pop chair, a whimsical variation of a patio chair designed by Brad Ascalon
"Pop" chair concept Patio chair (2005)
Porter's chair or hood chair, a chair placed near the entrance of a large house for use by a servant responsible for admitting visitors (see also: 10 Downing Street Guard Chairs)
Potty chair (often abbreviated simply as "potty"), a training toilet for children; in pre-indoor plumbing times this was a chair beneath the seat of which a chamber pot was installed
Portuguese chair, metal outdoor armchair originally developed by the Portuguese furniture company Adico in the 1930s as the 5008 chair, becoming a symbol of the Portuguese cafe culture. The Gonçalo chair, designed by Gonçalo Rodrigues dos Santos in the 1940s, is one of the most famous derivatives of the 5008 chair.
Pouffe, furniture used as a footstool or low seat
Power chairs, with responsive joystick controls and a tight turning circle for elderly or disabled people to move around a house
Pressback chair, a wooden chair of the Victorian period, usually of oak, into the crest rail and/or splat of which a pattern is pressed with a steam press
Prie-dieu, a domestic chair resembling a prie-dieu prayer desk
Pushchair or stroller, a chair with wheels, which usually folds for transporting an infant; some countries, including the U.S., use "stroller"; others, including the UK, "pushchair"

Q

QOR360 ergonomic chairs developed by a trauma surgeon

R

Recliner, a chair with a reclining back; most are armchairs and may come with a footrest that unfolds when the back is reclined
Red and Blue Chair a chair designed by Dutch architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld.
Resilient Chair, designed by Eva Zeisel for Hudson Fixtures (1948)
Restraint chair, a type of physical restraint used to prevent injury to themselves or others
Revolving chair, an older term for swivel chair
Rex chair, a foldable chair designed by Slovene designer Niko Kralj in 1952
Rey Chair, designed by Swiss designer Bruno Rey for Dietiker in 1971
Ribbon Chair (model 582), designed by Pierre Paulin in 1966.
Ribbon Chair, designed by Niels Bendtsen in 1975. This chair is on display in a permanent collection at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
A rocking Windsor chair
Rocking chair (rocker), typically a wooden side chair or armchair with legs mounted on curved rockers, so that the chair can sway back and forth; sometimes the rocking chair is on springs or on a platform (a "platform rocker") to avoid crushing anything, particularly children's feet or pets' tails, that get under the rockers
The Round Chair, designed by Hans Wegner in 1949
Rover chair, designed by Ron Arad
Rumble seat

S

"S" chair, designed by Tom Dixon for Cappellini
Saddle chair, uses the same principles in its design as an equestrian saddle; does not have a backrest but is equipped with a chair base on casters and a gas cylinder for adjusting the correct sitting height; the casters enable moving around and reaching out for i.e. tools while sitting
Safari Chair, designed by Kaare Klint for Carl Hansen & Co.
Savonarola chair, a folding armchair dating from the Italian Renaissance. Typically constructed of walnut, it is sometimes called an X-chair. The Savonarola chair was the first important folding armchair created during the Italian Gothic Renaissance period.
Sawbuck chair, officially the CH29 chair, by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn (1952).
Sedan chair, an open or enclosed chair attached to twin poles for carrying; using this form of transport, an occupant can be carried by two or more porters
Sgabello, from the Italian Renaissance and made of walnut, consisting of a thin seat back and an octagonal seat; sometimes considered a stool and was often placed in hallways
Shaker rocker, one of several forms of rocking chair, including side chairs, made by Shakers
Shaker tilting chair, allowed a person to lean back with the chair without slipping or scraping the floor
Shower chair, a chair which is not damaged by water, sometimes on wheels, and used as a disability aid in a shower, similar to a wheelchair but has no foot pads; is waterproof and dries quickly
Side chair, a chair with a seat and back but without armrests; often matched with a dining table or used as an occasional chair
Sit-stand chair, normally used with a height-adjustable desk, allows the person to lean against this device and be partially supported
Sling chair, a suspended, free-swinging chair hanging from a ceiling
Slumber chair, an easy chair manufactured by C. F. Streit Mfg. Co. in the first half of the 20th century; has a combination upholstered back and seat portion, the inclination of which is adjustable within a base frame; later versions of this chair had a footstool with a removable top that could reveal a "slipper-compartment"
Spinning chair, commonly used with computers due to its ability to move freely
Spun chair^[it], rotating chair designed by Thomas Heatherwick
Stacking chair, designed to stack compactly on top of each other to minimize storage space required
Stedelijk aluminium chair, designed by Sabine Marcelis for the Stedelijk museum
Steno chair, a simple office chair, usually without arms, meant for use by secretarial (or a stenographer) staff
Step chair, a chair which doubles as a small set of steps when folded out.
Superleggera [it] chair by Gio Ponti (1955)
Stool
Swan chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen.
Sweetheart chair, as used in soda shops, also known as a "parlor chair" and an "ice cream chair" (from use in ice cream parlors); the wire frame in the center of the back curls in a manner to suggest a heart design but the term "sweetheart chair" also has a more generic usage and refers to any chair with a heart-shaped design in the center of the back
Swivel chairs, swivel about a vertical axis; commonly used in offices, often on casters
Synthesis 45 office chair designed by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti.

T

Tantra Chair, for practicing the Kama Sutra
Tête-à-tête chair, also known as a courting bench, a type of settee consisting of two connected chairs which allow two people to sit facing one another
Thinking Man's Chair^[d], designed by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
Throne, a ceremonial chair for a monarch or similar dignitary of high rank
Toilet chair, a disability aid attached to a normal toilet
Tongue chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955
Transat chair, designed by Eileen Gray
Tramp chair, chair for restraining a person
Tripolina, a folding chair invented by Joseph B. Fenby
Tripp Trapp adjustable high-chair by Peter Opsvik
Tuffet, a low seat often used as a footrest, similar to an ottoman but shorter and with no legs
Tugendhat chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich in 1929–1930
Tulip chair, designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956 and considered a classic of industrial design
Turned chair (or thrown chair or spindle chair), made of turned wood spindles by turners (with the use of a lathe), rather than by joiners or carpenters
two-slat post-and-rung shaving chair, made from green wood, rived and shaved with a drawknife rather than turned, made by Jennie Alexander

U

Ultraleggera 1660, very light carbon fibre chair by Oskar Zieta (homage to Gio Ponti’s Superleggera chair)

V

Vertebra Chair designed by Emilio Ambasz and Giancarlo Piretti^[it] in 1975

W

Wainscot Chair, an unupholstered oak chair popular in 17th-century colonial America
Watchman's chair, an unupholstered wooden chair with a forward slanted seat to prevent a watchman from falling asleep
Wassily Chair, a tubular-steel chair designed by Marcel Breuer
Weissenhof chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1927
Wheelchair, a chair on wheels for someone who cannot walk or has difficulty walking
Wicker chair, made of wicker and is thus ventilated and useful under hot or humid conditions; likewise, a cane chair
Wiggle chair, cardboard seating form designed by Frank Gehry in 1972
Wilkerson dental chair, designed by Basil Manly Wilkerson and patented in 1877
Windsor chair, a classic, informal chair usually constructed of wood turnings that form a high-spoked back, often topped by a shaped crest rail, outward-sloped legs, and stretchers that reinforce the legs. The seat is often saddled or sculpted for extra comfort, and some Windsors have shaped arms supported by short spindles.

Wing chair, an upholstered easy chair with large "wings" mounted to the armrests and enclosing the head or torso areas of the body; originally designed to provide comfortable protection from drafts; a variation is the Queen Anne wing chair.
Wishbone chair, a chair with a wishbone-shaped backrest and a woven paper seat by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn (1949).

Womb chair designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
Writing armchair, the most compact rendition of a school desk

X

X-chair, a chair with an X-shaped frame

Y

Z

"Z" Chair (originally known as the "Rocket Launcher") by Paul Tuttle
Zaisu, a Japanese legless chair
Zakopane Style chairs
Zig-Zag Chair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld
Zocker , a 1970s children's chair by Luigi Colani

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↑ Risom, Jens. "Lounge Chair, Model 654W". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ "MOD.683 SEAT". ADI Design Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
1 2 Rossi, Guia (2025-06-29). "18 oggetti di design che hanno davvero cambiato le nostre vite. Li conosci tutti?". GQ Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
↑ "Xavier Pauchard, designer". TOLIX. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ "Early Ergonomics: Designer Bill Stumpf and the Science of Sitting". Pin-Up). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Olivares, Jonathan (2011). A Taxonomy of Office Chairs. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0714861036.
↑ "Air-Chair". Jasper Morrison. 2013-08-08. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
↑ Niemeyer, Oscar (2018-06-02). "Alta Armchair and Ottoman". Side Gallery. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
↑ Rohrlich, Marianne (1998-06-04). "Currents; CONTRAPTION – Step Right This Way (Or That Way)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
↑ "Peter Opsvik – Living Corriere". Living (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
↑ "How E-Commerce Changed the Knock-Off Furniture Game". Dwell. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
↑ Barrel chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "ID Bertoia Chairs". Harry Bertoia Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
↑ "Bikini chair". Cascadia Art Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
↑ Billy Baker (1 Feb 2020). "A former surgeon changes the idea of what a chair should be". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
↑ captain's chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Knoll (2019-10-17). "Original Design: The Cesca Chair". Knoll. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ "The Chandigarh Chair". Victoria and Albert Museum.
↑ "The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles". 2022-05-15. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
↑ "The Secrets a Chair can Tell". River Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
↑ "Cockfighting chair Enclopedia Britannica". Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
↑ "Crab Tree Farm Collections catalogue". Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
↑ Nelson, George. "No. 5569 / Coconut Chair, 1955". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
↑ Cogswell chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
1 2 "Curators' Collections: Home of Charles Darwin – Down House". English Heritage. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
↑ deLongchamps, Kya (19 February 2022). "Vintage View: How Charles Darwin led the way in the evolution of the office chair". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
↑ Rawsthorn, Alice (24 April 2011). "Taking a Zoological Approach to Chairs (Published 2011)". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
↑ Rybczynski, Witold (23 August 2016). "Sitting up". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
↑ Easy chair Archived 2014-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000
↑ fighting chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Tucker, Emma (2016-11-14). "Christien Meindertsma designs fully biodegradable chair using flax". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
↑ "Christien Meindertsma, Flax Chair, 2015". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
↑ Griffiths, Alyn (7 December 2014). "Garden Egg Chair by Peter Ghyczy". Dezeen. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
↑ "Ghost, the curved glass chair designed by Cini Boeri". Fiam Italia. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
↑ Jalk, Grete. "No. 9-1 / GJ Chair, early 1960s; Grete Jalk". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
↑ "This UK furniture maker doesn't build chairs, it grows them". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ "HÅG Capisco task chair by Peter Opsvik for Flokk". Dezeen. 2025-12-11. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
↑ "Handkerchief Chair". Knoll. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
↑ "Iquo chair". Knoll. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ http://chairs.faidahbir.org/ ^{[dead link]}
↑ "The Ironrite Ironer Co., Detroit, MI. Health Chair. 1938–1940". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
↑ Dix, Sean (2024-08-15). "Is the Ironrite Health Chair the best flat-packed chair ever?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
↑ "Furniture". Judd Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
1 2 "Kelp Chair". Nationalmuseum (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2026.
1 2 Wanders, Marcel. "Knotted Chair, 1995/96". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
1 2 "Alternative Chairs". CCOHS. 2007-04-16. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
1 2 3 "9 children's chairs that chart the history of design". Wallpaper. 2026-06-13. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
↑ "LessThanFive Chair". Steelcase. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
↑ "The chair that took 10,000 man-hours to create". BBC News. 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
↑ "Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Mezzadro Seat. 1957". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ Morris chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Garnett, Glenn. "Adirondack/Muskoka Chairs". Cottage Link Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
↑ "Chairs – 1940s; Navy Chair, 1944". Design Museum. Retrieved 2026-07-05.
↑ "Ovalia Egg Chair". Ovalia.com. 1990-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ "Peacock Product page". Cappellini. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
↑ "Platner Arm Chair". Knoll. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ "Giancarlo Piretti. Plia Folding and Stacking Chair. 1967 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
↑ "5008 Portuguese chair". Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
↑ "Power Chairs". MSL Mobility Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Prie-dieu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 316.
↑ "Pushchair". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Archived from the original on February 5, 2004. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
↑ "Eva Zeisel, Resilient Chair, 1948–49". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
↑ "Pierre Paulin, Ribbon Chair (model 582), 1966". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
↑ "Niels Sylvester Bendtsen, Ribbon Chair, 1975". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
↑ "Hans Wegner, Armchair, 1949". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
↑ "S-Chair". Cappellini. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
↑ "SPUN". ADI Design Museum. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
↑ "Stedelijk Chair by Sabine Marcelis". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
↑ Sottsass, Ettore. "Side Chair "Synthesis 45" Office Furniture System". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
↑ James, Anna. "The Tantra Chair". Mercedes Benz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
↑ Morrison, Jasper (1986). "Thinking Man's Chair". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
↑ "The Ultimate NonConformist: Eileen Gray and the Transat Chair". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
↑ Alexander, Jennie (1978). Make a chair from a tree: an introduction to working green wood. Newtown, Connecticut: Taunton Press. ISBN 978-0-918804-01-3. OCLC 4715888.
↑ "The Story Behind Hans Wegner's Iconic Wishbone Chair Design". Architectural Digest. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2021.

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[3] "He invented a midcentury modern chair that defies space – and time". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2025-11-28.

[4] "Joe Colombo | 4801 lounge chair (1964) | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2025-11-28.

[5] "No. 4801 / Armchair with Curved Elements, 1964". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 2025-11-28.

[6] Chalcraft, Emilie (2013-05-10). "620 Chair Programme by Dieter Rams reissued by Vitsœ". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-11-28.

[7] Risom, Jens. "Lounge Chair, Model 654W". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[8] "MOD.683 SEAT". ADI Design Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-30.

[Rossi-2025-9] 1 2 Rossi, Guia (2025-06-29). "18 oggetti di design che hanno davvero cambiato le nostre vite. Li conosci tutti?". GQ Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-21.

[10] "Xavier Pauchard, designer". TOLIX. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[11] "Early Ergonomics: Designer Bill Stumpf and the Science of Sitting". Pin-Up). Retrieved 2025-12-12.

[Olivares-2011-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Olivares, Jonathan (2011). A Taxonomy of Office Chairs. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0714861036.

[13] "Air-Chair". Jasper Morrison. 2013-08-08. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-10-29.

[14] Niemeyer, Oscar (2018-06-02). "Alta Armchair and Ottoman". Side Gallery. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[15] Rohrlich, Marianne (1998-06-04). "Currents; CONTRAPTION – Step Right This Way (Or That Way)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[16] "Peter Opsvik – Living Corriere". Living (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-08.

[17] "How E-Commerce Changed the Knock-Off Furniture Game". Dwell. Retrieved 2026-01-18.

[18] Barrel chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

[19] "ID Bertoia Chairs". Harry Bertoia Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-08.

[20] "Bikini chair". Cascadia Art Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-24.

[21] Billy Baker (1 Feb 2020). "A former surgeon changes the idea of what a chair should be". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[22] tain's chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

[23] Knoll (2019-10-17). "Original Design: The Cesca Chair". Knoll. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[24] "The Chandigarh Chair". Victoria and Albert Museum.

[25] "The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles". 2022-05-15. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[26] "The Secrets a Chair can Tell". River Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[27] "Cockfighting chair Enclopedia Britannica". Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[28] "Crab Tree Farm Collections catalogue". Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[29] Nelson, George. "No. 5569 / Coconut Chair, 1955". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

[30] Cogswell chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

[English_Heritage-31] 1 2 "Curators' Collections: Home of Charles Darwin – Down House". English Heritage. Retrieved 2026-01-06.

[32] Longchamps, Kya (19 February 2022). "Vintage View: How Charles Darwin led the way in the evolution of the office chair". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 January 2026.

[Rawsthorn-2011-33] Rawsthorn, Alice (24 April 2011). "Taking a Zoological Approach to Chairs (Published 2011)". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2026.

[34] Rybczynski, Witold (23 August 2016). "Sitting up". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[35] Easy chair Archived 2014-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000

[36] ting chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

[37] Tucker, Emma (2016-11-14). "Christien Meindertsma designs fully biodegradable chair using flax". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-08-11.

[38] "Christien Meindertsma, Flax Chair, 2015". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-08-11.

[39] Griffiths, Alyn (7 December 2014). "Garden Egg Chair by Peter Ghyczy". Dezeen. Retrieved 8 January 2026.

[40] "Ghost, the curved glass chair designed by Cini Boeri". Fiam Italia. Retrieved 2026-07-04.

[41] Jalk, Grete. "No. 9-1 / GJ Chair, early 1960s; Grete Jalk". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 2024-12-30.

[42] "This UK furniture maker doesn't build chairs, it grows them". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[43] "HÅG Capisco task chair by Peter Opsvik for Flokk". Dezeen. 2025-12-11. Retrieved 2026-01-09.

[44] "Handkerchief Chair". Knoll. Retrieved 2023-01-07.

[45] "Iquo chair". Knoll. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[46] ttp://chairs.faidahbir.org/ ^{[dead link]}

[47] "The Ironrite Ironer Co., Detroit, MI. Health Chair. 1938–1940". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

[48] Dix, Sean (2024-08-15). "Is the Ironrite Health Chair the best flat-packed chair ever?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-11-07.

[49] "Furniture". Judd Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2022-12-08.

[Nationalmuseum-50] 1 2 "Kelp Chair". Nationalmuseum (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2026.

[Vitra_Design_Museum-51] 1 2 Wanders, Marcel. "Knotted Chair, 1995/96". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

[CCOHS-2007-52] 1 2 "Alternative Chairs". CCOHS. 2007-04-16. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[Wallpaper-2026-53] 1 2 3 "9 children's chairs that chart the history of design". Wallpaper. 2026-06-13. Retrieved 2026-08-07.

[54] "LessThanFive Chair". Steelcase. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[55] "The chair that took 10,000 man-hours to create". BBC News. 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2025-11-11.

[56] "Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Mezzadro Seat. 1957". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[57] Morris chair. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Archived 2004-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

[58] Garnett, Glenn. "Adirondack/Muskoka Chairs". Cottage Link Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[59] "Chairs – 1940s; Navy Chair, 1944". Design Museum. Retrieved 2026-07-05.

[60] "Ovalia Egg Chair". Ovalia.com. 1990-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

[61] "Peacock Product page". Cappellini. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[62] "Platner Arm Chair". Knoll. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[63] "Giancarlo Piretti. Plia Folding and Stacking Chair. 1967 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

[64] "5008 Portuguese chair". Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-07-22.

[65] "Power Chairs". MSL Mobility Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2015-10-28.

[66] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Prie-dieu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 316.

[67] "Pushchair". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Archived from the original on February 5, 2004. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[68] "Eva Zeisel, Resilient Chair, 1948–49". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.

[69] "Pierre Paulin, Ribbon Chair (model 582), 1966". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[70] "Niels Sylvester Bendtsen, Ribbon Chair, 1975". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[71] "Hans Wegner, Armchair, 1949". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-12-12.

[72] "S-Chair". Cappellini. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[73] "SPUN". ADI Design Museum. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

[74] "Stedelijk Chair by Sabine Marcelis". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 2025-01-06.

[75] Sottsass, Ettore. "Side Chair "Synthesis 45" Office Furniture System". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 January 2026.

[76] James, Anna. "The Tantra Chair". Mercedes Benz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

[77] Morrison, Jasper (1986). "Thinking Man's Chair". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2025-12-17.

[78] "The Ultimate NonConformist: Eileen Gray and the Transat Chair". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[79] Alexander, Jennie (1978). Make a chair from a tree: an introduction to working green wood. Newtown, Connecticut: Taunton Press. ISBN 978-0-918804-01-3. OCLC 4715888.

[80] "The Story Behind Hans Wegner's Iconic Wishbone Chair Design". Architectural Digest. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2021.