List of chairs

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• 10 Downing Street Guard Chairs, two antique chairs used by guards in the early 19th century
• 14 chair is the archetypal bentwood side chair originally made by the Gebrüder Thonet chair company of Germany in the 19th century, and widely copied and popular today
• 3107 chair is a variant of the Ant chair, both designed by Arne Jacobsen
• 40/4 stacking Chair designed by David Rowland, 1964
• 406 Aalto armchair designed by Alvar Aalto in 1938
• 4801 armchair designed by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1964
• 601 Chair designed by Dieter Rams
• 620 Chair designed by Dieter Rams for Vitsœ
• 654W Lounge Chair, designed by Jens Risom for Knoll
• 683 chair by for Cassina

  A

• "A" Chair, designed by for Tolix in 1927.
• Adirondack chair, a non-adjustable wooden outdoor lounge chair
• Aeron chair, an ergonomic office chair designed by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf for Herman Miller
• , a lightweight moulded chair design by Jasper Morrison for
• Alta chair and ottoman designed by Oscar Niemeyer
• Ant chair, designed in 1952 by Arne Jacobsen for use in the canteen of the Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Industries.

  B

• Bachelor's chair, dates from the 18th century and converts into a stepstool, ladder or ironing board
• Backpack chair, a combination of a backpack and a chair, sometimes used for camping, hiking or short hunting trips
• File:Varier Variable Monochrome Kneeling Chair Design by Peter Opsvik 1979.jpg|thumb|upright|Balans Chair designed by Peter Opsvik Balans chair, designed by Norwegian furniture designer Peter Opsvik in 1979, is the original kneeling chair design
• File:Ngv design, eero aarnio, globe chair 1963-65 01.JPG|thumb|upright|Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Ball Chair, designed by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1963
• Bar stool, tall narrow stool designed for seating at a bar or counter
• Bárány chair, a swivel chair used in pilot training to teach reliance on aerospace instruments
• Barber's Chair
• Barcelona chair, designed in 1929 by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich; characterized by leather upholstery, an angled seat and back without armrests, and X-shaped stainless steel legs; made by Knoll
• Bardic chair, custom chair built every year for the winner of an Awdl poetry contest in Wales
• Barrel chair, has a high round back like half a barrel; large and upholstered
• , mid-century design by
• Bath chair, light carriage on wheels with a folding hood, for outdoor transport, often used by the physically disabled
• Beach chair, designed to provide comfort and protection from sun, wind, rain, and sand on beaches frequented by tourists
• File:" 12 - ITALY - Pouf Tuffet Sacco di Zanotta red armchair Triennale Design Museum.jpg|thumb|upright|Bean bag chair by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, Franco Teodoro for Zanotta Bean bag chair, designed in 1968 designed by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro for Zanotta
• Bergère, upholstered chair introduced in the Régence/Rococo period in France in the 17th century
• Bertoia side chair, steel grid wire chairs designed for Knoll by sculptor Harry Bertoia
• Bikini chair, designed by architect Wendell Lovett in 1949 and first exhibited in 10th Triennale di Milano 1954; made of metal, molded plastic, and leather; featured in the magazine Domus February 1954
• Bofinger chair, first chair worldwide in fiberglass-reinforced polyester to be produced in one single process over a steel mould; considered a classic of modern furniture design history
• Bosun's chair, a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft
• Brewster Chair, a style of upright, turned, wooden armchair made in the mid-17th century in New England named after Pilgrim and colonial leader William Brewster of Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Brno chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich in 1929-1930
• Bubble Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968 in Finland; a modernist classic
• Buddy bench, a special place in a school playground where a child can go when he or she wants someone to talk to
• Bungee chair, any chair which incorporates bungee cords as a primary material
• Butterfly chair designed in 1938 by Bonet, Kurchan and Ferrari-Hardoy ; a light folding metal frame with a large cloth or leather sling hung from the frame's four high points.
• ButtOn Chair, designed for "fidgety children" in classrooms. Like a stool with a seat that tilts and requires active balance.

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• Cabriolet or Louis XV style armchair
• Campaign chair, designs made to facilitate travel, historically for military campaigns
• Campeche chair, a 19th-century Mexican lounge chair, popular in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the American South. It has X-shaped sides and a sling seat and back made of leather, cane or wood slats. Similar to a planter's chair, but without the extended arms.
• Camping chair, lightweight folding design typically with a with a fabric seat and backrest
• Cantilever chair, has no back legs; for support its seat and back cantilever off the top of the front legs
• Captain's chair, was originally a low-backed wooden armchair; today the term is often applied to adjustable individual seats in a car with arm rests
• Caquetoire, also known as a conversation chair, used in the European Renaissance, was developed for women because it was wider so women's fashions at the time could fit into it; this is demonstrated by the U-shaped arms
• Car chair, a car seat in an automobile in which 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 existing chair and secured by way of extant seat belts or other such articles.
• Carver chair, similar to a Brewster chair and from the same region and period
• Cathedra, a bishop's ceremonial chair
• Centripetal Spring Armchair, 19th-century office chair
• Cesca chair, designed by Marcel Breuer for Knoll
• Chaise a bureau, a Rococo style of chair, created during the first half of the 18th century, constructed so it could sit in a corner of a room
• Chandigarh chair, designed by Eulie Chowdhury, Pierre Jeanneret, et al. in the 1950s for use in the public buildings of the new city of Chandigarh.
• Chaperone chair, a three-seat chair from the 1800s that allowed a chaperone to observe a courting couple
• Chaise longue, 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.
• Chesterfield chair, a low club-style chair with a fully buttoned or tufted interior, typically made of leather
• Chiavari chair, designed in 1870 by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi of Chiavari in Italy. The chair is lightweight, has elegant lines, yet is strong, practical and easy to handle.
• Club chair, a plush easy chair with a low back. The heavy sides form armrests that are usually as high as the back. The modern club chair is based upon the club chairs used by the popular and fashionable urban gentlemen's clubs of 1850s England.
• Cockfighting chair, an 18th-century chair for libraries where the seat and arms were shaped so that a reader could sit astride to use a small desk attached to the back. Despite its popular name a sketch from 1794 in the Gillow archives lists it as a "Reading Chair".
• Coconut chair, 1955 design by George Nelson for Herman Miller
• Cogswell chair, a brand of upholstered easy chairs. It has a sloping back and curved and ornamental front legs. The armrests are open underneath.
• Commode chair, a chair with the discreet functionality of a toilet for people with limited mobility.
• Corner chair, made to fit into a corner and has a rectangular base with a high back on two adjacent sides; one sits with legs straddling a corner of the base
• Coronation Chair, an ancient wooden chair on which British monarchs sit when they are invested with regalia and crowned at their coronations.
• 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.

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• , a wheeled armchair used to glide from one specimen to another in his Kent study.
• Dante chair, similar to the Savonarola Chair with a more solid frame and a cushioned seat
• Deckchair, 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, 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.
• Dining 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. The oldest known depiction of dining chairs is a seventh-century BCE bas-relief of an Assyrian king and queen on very high chairs.
• Diamond Lounge Chair, designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll
• Director's chair, 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.
• Djinn chair, 1960s design by French designer Olivier Mourgue.