10 Famous Chairs Through History
If you wish on a star three times, invisible Obama will appear.
If you wish on a star three times, invisible Obama will appear.
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With its slanted back and spacious armrests, the Adirondack chair is not only a classic made in America, it's a good place to take a load off, assuming a president has the time (and enough chairs for members of the Secret Service). At the Little Whit
With its slanted back and spacious armrests, the Adirondack chair is not only a classic made in America, it's a good place to take a load off, assuming a president has the time (and enough chairs for members of the Secret Service). At the Little White House in Key West, Florida, the sunny getaway enjoyed by Harry S Truman, a dozen white Adirondack chairs allow visitors to pause a moment and enjoy the same park-like scenery cherished by the former president.
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Sculpted from 28 blocks of white Georgia marble by Daniel Chester French and carved by the Piccirilli brothers of New York, the massive seated statue of Abe Lincoln is grandly situated in the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall and rises 30 feet fr
Sculpted from 28 blocks of white Georgia marble by Daniel Chester French and carved by the Piccirilli brothers of New York, the massive seated statue of Abe Lincoln is grandly situated in the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall and rises 30 feet from the floor; the 19-foot seated figure rests on an 11-foot high pedestal as our 16th president gazes straight ahead, grave and solemn, toward the Washington Monument. The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922, by President Warren G. Harding.
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FDR, handicapped by polio, wasn't often photographed in his wheelchair: This image is one of the few ever released to the public. But his wheelchair was a fixture in his life, given his total paralysis from the waist down. After he became president,
FDR, handicapped by polio, wasn't often photographed in his wheelchair: This image is one of the few ever released to the public. But his wheelchair was a fixture in his life, given his total paralysis from the waist down. After he became president, he helped create the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, now known as the March of Dimes, which focuses on preventing premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. Roosevelt's association with the March of Dimes led to his image being placed on the face of the American dime.
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Sit on it! Wait...wrong show.
Sit on it! Wait...wrong show.
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Ponder big ideas (the size of the national debt) or small (where did Clint get his wooden chair, anyway?) in style in the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, released in 1956 by designers Charles and Ray Eames, the influential husband-and-wife team. Made
Ponder big ideas (the size of the national debt) or small (where did Clint get his wooden chair, anyway?) in style in the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, released in 1956 by designers Charles and Ray Eames, the influential husband-and-wife team. Made of molded plywood and leather, the chair was the first they designed for the high-end market. This past July, the documentary "Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter" was screened at the White House as part of a series of "NEH at the White House" events.
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Anyone of any age (or political persuasion, for that matter) can sit up straight and still be comfortable in the sleek, simple, and sophisticated Parsons Chair, long admired by both designers and homeowners for its design, comfort, and adaptability t
Anyone of any age (or political persuasion, for that matter) can sit up straight and still be comfortable in the sleek, simple, and sophisticated Parsons Chair, long admired by both designers and homeowners for its design, comfort, and adaptability to almost any room setting or fabric choice. The chair was named for the site of its birth, the Parsons School of Design, and created in the 1930s. Often made of hardwood and originally upholstered in leather, the chair marries elements of Modernism with the Mission, Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.
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Talk about a hot seat for those who rule from on high. As the saying goes, kings aren't supposed to "sit easy" when they dispense justice to the masses: That's why the Iron Throne, the seat of kings in the Seven Kingdoms, was made from the swords of
Talk about a hot seat for those who rule from on high. As the saying goes, kings aren't supposed to "sit easy" when they dispense justice to the masses: That's why the Iron Throne, the seat of kings in the Seven Kingdoms, was made from the swords of Aegon the Conqueror's enemies. It took 1,000 blades to make over the course of 59 days.
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