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Diningroom Chairs: In the 17th century there were a number of developments in the design of diningroom chairs, some of them influenced by trade with the Orient. After the Portuguese returned from India with diningroom chairs having caned panels in their backs and seats, caned diningroom chairs became very popular throughout Europe and in the American colonies. They allowed air to circulate and were thought to discourage vermin, that might breed in diningroom chairs of solid wood.Still, upholstered diningroom chairs were much less comfortable than were side and arm diningroom chairs made entirely of wood. Household inventories from the 18th century show that side diningroom chairs were made in sets of as many as 12, 18, or 24. From 18th century paintings and written accounts we know that these sets of diningroom chairs generally were ranged around the perimeter of the room and only brought forward as needed. These side diningroom chairs, although they look like modern dining room diningroom chairs, were used all over the house—in the parlor or drawing room and in the bedrooms. Special rooms set aside for the sole purpose of eating did not become usual until late in the century, even in large houses. |
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