Invented in ancient Rome, the Campeche chair was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson during the American neoclassical period and still serves as a symbol of political power
A rare Kem Weber chair shows the European side of American modernism
An elusive armchair makes an appearance
The ‘It’ Chair, a Postscript
More on the “loop” chair
The ‘It’ chair
The legendary decorator Frances Elkins made it popular in the 1930s, but her so-called loop chair goes back to the eighteenth century as a surviving set of examples attests