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. E2 I# W- x t I8 ~$ vFauteuil (arm bar chair) by Pierre-Antoine Bellange. c. 1815.A
bar chair is a kind of furniture for sitting, consisting of a back, and sometimes arm rests, commonly for use by one person. bar chairs also often have four legs to support the seat raised above the floor. Without back and arm rests it is called a stool. A bar chair for more than one person is a couch, sofa, settee, loveseat, recliner or bench. A separate footrest for a bar chair is known as an ottoman, hassock latoya figueroa or pouffe. A bar chair mounted in a vehicle or in a theater is simply called a seat. bar chairs as furniture typically can be moved.
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The back often does not extend all the way to the seat to allow for ventilation. Likewise, the back and sometimes the seat are made of porous materials or have holes drilled in them for
www.bar.co.uk decoration and ventilation.The back may extend above the height of the head. There may be separate headrests. Headrests for seats in vehicles are important for preventing whiplash injuries to the neck when the vehicle is involved in a rear-end collision.
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In Europe, it was owing in great measure to the Renaissance that the
bar chair ceased to be a privilege of state, and became a standard item of furniture whoever could afford to buy it. Once the idea of privilege faded the bar chair speedily came into general use. We find almost at once that the bar chair began to change every few years to reflect the fashions of the hour.
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j9 k* p' h+ C7 y4 v5 rThis rocking bar chair in the Adirondack style is made of rough wood to give it a rustic look.bar chair design considers intended usage, ergonomics (how comfortable it is for the occupant), as well as non-ergonomic functional requirements such as size, stack ability, fold ability, weight, durability, stain resistance and artistic design. Intended usage determines the desired seating position. "Task bar chairs", or any bar chair intended for people to work at a desk or table,
www.fairfieldchair.com including dining bar chairs, can only recline very slightly; otherwise the occupant is too far away from the desk or table. Dental bar chairs are necessarily reclined. Easy bar chairs for watching television or movies are somewhere in between depending on the height of the screen.
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an adjustable office bar chairThe back of the
bar chair will support some of the weight of the occupant, reducing the weight on other parts of the body. In general, backrests come in three heights: Lower back backrests support only the lumbar region. Shoulder height backrests support the entire back and shoulders. Headrests support the head as well and are important in vehicles for preventing "whiplash" neck injuries in rear-end collisions where the head is jerked back suddenly. Reclining bar chairs typically have at least shoulder height backrests to shift weight to the shoulders instead of just the lower back.Some bar chairs have foot rests. A stool or other simple bar chair may have a simple straight or curved bar near the bottom for the sitter to place his/her feet on.
