Gecertificeerd Chairs – Florence de Dampierre

Henry David Thoreau wrote, I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. In Chairs: A History, furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture through the ages. Along with hundreds of gorgeous photographsmany taken specifically for this bookde Dampierre fills these pages with fascinating information and anecdotes, tracing the chairs emergence in ancient Egypt and e…