| Below are a few examples of what people have sat down on over the years: |
 European folding-chair from 11-1200 B.C. Originally with a seat of otter skin.
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 Chair and "table" from the Middle Ages. About 1200
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 Beautifully carved wooden chair from 1100. Oslo University.
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 European chair and writing table from a country estate. Copperplate from 1847.
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 Vincent van Gogh's famous chair from Arles, painted in 1888.
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 Dangerous contraption from a telephone exchange. Note the knob. If you
lost your grip, you might mow down 20 other operators.
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 Office chair from the sixties.
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Modern office chair from 1995 with separately adjustable seat and back.
