Bergère chairs are versatile, classic, and comfortable (which not all armchairs are). For those of you not familiar with it, a Bergère is a chair designed in the Louis XV style, with an upholstered back and arms, and fitted with a loose tailored seat cushion.

: armchair especially : an upholstered chair with open arms.

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2. Meanings for fauteuil. an upholstered armchair. 0 rating rating ratings. Alka Peri.
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A fauteuil (French: [fotœj]) is a style of open-armchair with a primarily exposed wooden frame originating in France during the early 17th century. A fauteuil is made of wood and frequently with carved relief ornament. It is typically upholstered on the seat, the seat back and on the arms (manchettes).

A bergère is an enclosed upholstered French armchair (fauteuil) with an upholstered back and armrests on upholstered frames. It is designed for lounging in comfort, with a deeper, wider seat than that of a regular fauteuil, though the bergères by Bellangé in the White House are more formal.

Chaise Lounges

A club chair is a type of armchair, usually covered in leather. It was created and made in France. Before it came to be known under its current name, it first appeared as the fauteuil confortable, the “comfortable armchair”.

Five Ways to Tell If Furniture Is Actually Antique

1. Look for dovetailing. Dovetailing is a sign of quality craftsmanship in woodworking, used to hold together different parts of the same piece of furniture.
2. Multiple types of wood is a good thing.
3. Beware of furniture that’s made to look old.
4. Do a thorough search for labels or stamps.
5. Shut out symmetry.

Look carefully at the bottom, sides, and back of the drawer; if the wood shows nicks or cuts, it was probably cut with a plane, a spokeshave, or a drawknife. Straight saw marks also indicate an old piece. If the wood shows circular or arc-shaped marks, it was cut by a circular saw, not in use until about 1860.

How to Identify Antique Furniture

1. Examine all sides of the piece. If it’s a table, turn it over and look for marks or labels.
2. Check the surface of the piece. Do you see saw marks?
3. Look at the joinery. Are drawers dove-tailed?
4. Check the finish of the piece.

True antique rocking chair values range from $100 to $3,500 or more depending on the style and condition.

You can also tell if a rocking chair is an antique by looking at how the joint is fastened. If it has glue or small wooden pegs, it was probably made in the 1700s. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that screws and bolts were used. In some cases, handmade nails were used in early rocking chairs.

: a wooden rocking chair with a high spindle back, a decorative top panel, and a seat and arms that curve down at the front.

Hitchcock chairs are distinctive for their decorative, gold or light-colored painted designs, with seats made from rush, cane or wood, according to the “Dictionary of Furniture” by Charles Boyce (Henry Holt and Co., $19.95). The front legs often are turned and the rear legs extend vertically to the stiles.

Clues to dating Hitchcock furniture can be found in the company signature imprinted in the wood. Furniture made from 1820 to 1832 reads “L. Hitchcock. Hitchcocks-ville, Conn.

Most genuine Hitchcock furniture will be signed with a stencil name along the back of the chair seat, under the table top, or along the back of a dresser or hutch. Many pieces will say: “L. Hitchcock, Hitchcocks-ville, Conn.

A Windsor chair is a chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the chair-back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes, in contrast to standard chairs (whose back legs and back uprights are continuous).

Airy yet sturdy, Windsor furniture is characterized by its delicately turned spindle backs and sculpted wooden seats. These pieces have straight legs that splay out at an angle, usually connected by an H-shaped stretcher for stability. And the back of Windsor chairs usually reclines.

Identifying Antique Windsor Chairs

1. Stick back – a hoop-shaped back, with long vertical spindles forming the interior of the back.
2. Splat back – a hoop-shaped back, with long vertical spindles on either side of a central back splat.

The Comb-back Windsor is often considered the first “American-made” Windsors. These popular and comfortable chairs featured an oval seat, with arms typically made up of a single, steam-bent piece of wood, and legs with a simple taper in the foot.

This breakfast nook proves Windsor chairs aren’t restricted to Early American decorating styles. Of course, the classic Windsor chair does look elegant and stylish in a rustic country setting. My first set of Windsors were similar to this dining set.

Handmade Windsor chairs are among the most comfortable wooden chairs there are. This is because the seat is deeply sculpted and sloped backwards and the angle of the back can be adjusted to fit the individual.

In general, dealers will agree on certain points: a good Windsor chair with a period paint finish starts at about $6,000 to $8,000; an armchair is worth more than a side chair; an early chair tends to be more valuable than a later example; and a maker’s brand, which is very rare, will increase the price.

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The fabric on the spindles chairs just looks like normal fabric (whatever that means). The chairs are extremely comfortable with and without the lumbar pillows, so this is the style pillow we will always keep on these chairs.

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Chair comes from the early 13th-century English word chaere, from Old French chaiere (“chair, seat, throne”), from Latin cathedra (“seat”).

Ercol Markings “All pieces of Ercol will have some sort of mark on them. These marks have varied over the years, and we have used stamps, labels and more recently, badges.

: a chair without arms used usually in a dining room.

Was browsing wikipedia, and came across quite a few experienced climbers who died abseiling. In fact, it was pretty noticable as a killer, after stuff like exposure, altitude, and avalanches, it seemed like a major cause of fatalities in experienced climbers.

Rappelling and abseiling are the same thing; both activities involve lowering yourself in a controlled descent via a piece of rope. The main difference between the two terms involves their usage and history.

Abseiling (/ˈæbseɪl/ or /ˈɑːpzaɪl/; from German abseilen, ‘to rope down’), also known as rappelling (/ɹæˈpɛl/ or /ɹəˈpɛl/; from French rappeler, ‘to recall’ or ‘to pull through’), is a controlled descent off a vertical drop, such as a rock face, by descending a fixed rope.

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To rappel, you need to connect yourself to the rope through some mechanism that creates friction to slow you down. Doing so allows you to lower yourself to the ground in a controlled manner, ensuring your safety while descending.

In this page you can discover 4 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rappel, like: abseil, rope down, and self-rescue.

SYNONYMS FOR repel 1 repulse, parry, ward off. 3 withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7 decline, rebuff.

In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abseil, like: rappel, unroped, canyoning, rope down, absailing, abseiling, climb, rock-climbing, prussiking and climbing-abseiling.

Climbing outdoors also has been proven to further lower stress levels as climbers are more exposed to the sun and Vitamin D. Burns calories: Harvard Health Publications reported that a 155-pound person burns about 818 calories hourly during a rock-climbing ascent and 596 calories per hour while rappelling.

Climbing up an indoor course is hard work, which means your heart rate will be boosted from the moment you step onto the first foothold right up until you touch the top. This can help increase your stamina, burn calories, and strengthen your heart and lungs.

Rock climbing is one of the most strenuous sporting activities. That’s why the weight of rock climbers is generally lower, and they look skinny. They can carry their lightweight body easily without exceedingly straining their arms. This means they can climb more comfortably and for longer.

Climbing does not build muscle very efficiently compared to weight training. Most jacked/cut climbers get to where they are at through years of climbing, whereas a proper weight training regiment with the correct diet can get there much faster if that is your goal.

Lean rock climbers get ripped from the tension of climbing, holding the positions when they climb. Tension is the opposite of reps, that create bulk by pumping up the muscles, but the tension is relatively low. Focus on having higher tension and holding each position of each exercise.

Climbing develops lean, endurance muscles. Climbing strengthens your hands and forearms, biceps, shoulders, neck, traps, upper back, lats, lower back, abs, glutes, thighs and calves. Your entire body, including cardiovascular systems, benefits from rock climbing.

Although you will rarely see them built like the typical weightlifter, rock climbers are strong. The muscles most important to climbing are forearms, legs, shoulders, back, and core. The tension from holding positions over time gives a great pump and builds up the muscles in the forearms.

7 Home Workout Exercises for Rock Climbers

• Door Frame Pull-ups (upper body)
• Textbook Hold (grip)
• Plank (core)
• Tricep Dips (upper body)
• Single-leg Toe Touches (lower body and balance)
• 30-second One-Legged Balance Stand (balance)
• Wrist Winds (forearm strength)

How To Get The Ultimate Climber’s Body

1. Chin To Knuckles Pull-Ups. Take a wide grip, from a hanging start pull your body up to the left so your chin touches your left knuckles, slowly return to the start position and repeat on the right.
2. 1 Sec Up, 5-10 Secs Down.
3. Circular Pull-Ups.