The wear and tear is kind of nice in an old chair."Ĭhairs are old - really old. "This is also whoever owned it before me. It reclines, it tilts, and it's well-worn. When Rybczynski sits down to write, it's in an old, wooden swivel chair he bought at a flea market 40-some years ago. Take a close look at what you're sitting on, he says, and you'll learn about trends in architecture, design, culture and society. In the new book Now I Sit Me Down architect Witold Rybczynski traces the history of chairs. And when the Dowager Countess of Downton Abbey sat on a swivel chair for the first time, she was in for a surprise. Pee Wee Herman named his ' Chairy.' Archie Bunker's beloved wingback is now at The National Museum of American History. Please, have a seat it's time to talk about chairs.
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