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'This generously illustrated entry in the Objekt series considers the meaning of chairs through history ... Massey's story is told in thoughtful and invitingly well-upholstered prose, ranging from ancient Egypt to the fetishistic seating of postmodernity, encompassing Arts and Crafts, pushchairs, wheelchairs, famous chairs by Eames and Herman Miller, chairs electric or illuminated, chairs in painting (Van Gogh, Gwen John) and chairs frankly unsittable-on - even a huge (and quite haunting) heap of chairs as a street installation.' - Steven Poole, Guardian 'Drawing on design and art, popular culture and personal experience, Chair is an engaging biography of this everyday object, and will appeal to anyone interested in why we choose to sit on the chairs we do.' - New Design 'A wide-ranging exploration of everything a chair can be ... the commentary on the cultural and historical place of the chair is stimulating and of good value.' - British Woodworking

This generously illustrated entry in the Objekt series considers the meaning of chairs through history . . . Masseys story is told in thoughtful and invitingly well-upholstered prose, ranging from ancient Egypt to the fetishistic seating of postmodernity, encompassing Arts and Crafts, pushchairs, wheelchairs, famous chairs by Eames and Herman Miller, chairs electric or illuminated, chairs in painting (Van Gogh, Gwen John) and chairs frankly unsittable-on - even a huge (and quite haunting) heap of chairs as a street installation. * Steven Poole, <i>Guardian</i> * Drawing on design and art, popular culture and personal experience, Chair is an engaging biography of this everyday object, and will appeal to anyone interested in why we choose to sit on the chairs we do. * <i>New Design</i> * a wide-ranging exploration of everything a chair can be . . . the commentary on the cultural and historical place of the chair is stimulating and of good value. * <i>British Woodworking</i> *

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Anne Massey is Professor of Design History at Kingston University, London, and author of Interior Design of the 20th Century (2001) and Designing Liners: Interior Design Afloat (2006).

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