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The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross references about most of the chairs.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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The 10 Downing Street Guard Chairs are two antique chairs used by guards in the early 1800s.

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The Aalto armchair 406 was designed by Alvar Aalto in 1938. IKEA sells a strangely similar design as the Poäng lounge chair.

An Adirondack chair is a non-adjustable wooden outdoor lounge chair. In Canada, it is often called a "Muskoka chair" after that recreational region in southern Ontario. The Adirondack style is sometimes referred to as 'twig furniture'.

An Aeron chair is an ergonomic trademarked chair.

An armchair has armrests for comfort. Couches, sofas, etc., often have armrests.

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A bachelor's chair dates from the 1700s and converts into step stool, ladder or ironing board.

A Ball Chair designed by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1966.

A barber's chair swivels and has easily adjusted heights to make it easy for the barber. It may also recline for washing hair. It typically has footrests as the height may be adjusted and raise the patron's feet off the floor. For children's barbershops, the chairs may come in fanciful shapes such as horses and cars to distract the children while their hair is cut.

A Barcelona chair is a proprietary chair designed in 1929 by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and widely copied since. It is characterized by leather upholstery, an angled seat and back without armrests, and X-shaped steel legs.

A barrel chair is a chair with a high round back like half a barrel. It is large and upholstered.

A bar stool is a tall, narrow stool designed for seating at a bar or counter.

A beach chair is a special chair designed to provide comfort and protection from sun, wind, rain, and sand on beaches frequented by tourists.

A bean bag chair can be composed of various materials including faux leather, cord, cotton or leather. While in the 80s they were filled with foam chips, they now use polystyrene bead. New styles of bean bags are always being developed - popular models today are bean bag chairs, sofas, poufs, teardrop, children's and even ones to suit your cat or dog.

A bench is a simple, often backless device, typically for more than one person to sit on. Benches often refer to simple, longer tables or similar longer flat surfaces to place things on or work on.

A Bergere is an upholstered chair, introduced in the Regence/Rococo period in France in the 17th century

A Bikini Chair was designed by architect Wendell Lovett in 1949 and first exhibited in 10th Triennale di Milano 1954. Made of metal, molded plastic, and leather, the chair was also featured in the magazine Domus February 1954 (#291).

A Brewster Chair is a style of upright, turned, wooden armchair made in the mid-17th century in New England. It was named after Pilgrim and colonial leader William Brewster of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

A Bubble Chair is designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968 in Finland. A modernist classic

A butterfly chair is composed of a single piece of fabric suspended from a light metal frame.

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A cantilever chair has no back legs, relying for support on the tensile properties of the material from which it is made.

A captain's chair was originally a low-backed wooden armchair . Today it is often applied to adjustable individual seats in a car with arm rests.

A car chair, or, rather, a car seat, is a chair within an automobile in that 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 existent chair and secured by way of extant seat belts or other such securant articles.

A Carver chair. very similar to a Brewster chair, and from the same region and period.

A Chair of state.

A chaise longue (French for "long chair") is 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.

A club chair is a plush easy chair with a low back. The heavy sides form armrests that are usually as high as the back. The club chair evolved into its present-day form from the gentlemen's clubs that sprouted into existence in the fashionable urban areas of 1850s England.

A Cogswell chair was a brand of upholstered easy chairs. It has a sloping back and curved and ornamental front legs. The armrests are open underneath.

A corner chair was made to fit into a corner. It has a rectangular base with a high back on two adjacent sides. One sits with legs straddling a corner of the base. Some sources claim this design was to accommodate a man wearing a sword.

A Caquetoire also known as a conversation chair, used in the European Renaissance, was developed for woman because it was wider so women's fashions at the time could fit into it. You would notice this in the "U" shaped arms.

A 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.

A Chesterfield Chair is a low club style chair with a fully buttoned or tufted interior, typically made of leather.

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A Dante chair is a chair similar to the Savonarola chair with a more solid frame and a cushioned seat.

A deckchair is 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.

Dentist chair is 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.

A dining chair is a 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.

A director's chair is 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.

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An easy chair is any large comfortable armchair. It is typically upholstered.

The Eames chair is a trademark for molded plywood chairs, contoured to fit the shape of a person.

An egg chair is a chair designed by Arne Jacobsen that resembles an egg or womb.

An electric chair is a device for capital punishment by electrocution. It is a high-backed chair with arms and restraints, and is usually made of oak.

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A fauteuil is an open arm chair with considerable exposed wood, originating in 18th century France

A fiddleback chair is a wooden chair of the Empire period, usually with an uphostered seat, in which the splat resembles a violin.

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.

A folding chair