List of Chairs - B

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• Bachelor's chair, dates from the 18th century and converts into step stool, ladder or ironing board
• Balans chair, designed by Norwegian furniture designer Peter Opsvik in 1979, is the original kneeling chair design
• Ball Chair, designed by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1963
• Barber's chair, swivels and has easily adjusted heights to make it easy for the barber; may also recline for washing hair; typically has footrests as the height may be adjusted and raise the patron's feet off the floor; for children's barbershops, the chairs may come in fanciful shapes such as horses and cars to distract the children while their hair is cut
• Barcelona chair, proprietary chair designed in 1929 by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and widely copied since; characterized by leather upholstery, an angled seat and back without armrests, and X-shaped steel legs
• Barrel chair, high round back like half a barrel; large and upholstered
• Bar stool, tall, narrow stool designed for seating at a bar or counter
• Bath chair, light carriage on wheels with a folding hood, for outdoor transport, often used by invalids
• Beach chair (Strandkorb), designed to provide comfort and protection from sun, wind, rain, and sand on beaches frequented by tourists
• Bean bag, can be composed of various materials including faux leather, cord, cotton or leather; while in the 80s they were filled with foam chips, they now use polystyrene bead; new styles are always being developed - popular models today are bean bag chairs, sofas, poufs, teardrop, children's and even ones to suit a cat or dog
• Bench, simple, often backless device, typically for more than one person to sit on; often refers to a simple, longer table or similar longer flat surfaces to place things on or work on
• Bergère, upholstered chair introduced in the Régence/Rococo period in France in the 17th century
• Bikini chair, designed by architect Wendell Lovett in 1949 and first exhibited in 10th Triennale di Milano 1954; made of metal, molded plastic, and leather; featured in the magazine Domus February 1954 (#291)
• Bofinger chair, first chair worldwide in fibreglass-reinforced polyester to be produced in one single process over a steel mould; considered a classic of modern furniture design history
• Bosun's chair, a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft.
• Brewster Chair, a style of upright, turned, wooden armchair made in the mid-17th century in New England named after Pilgrim and colonial leader William Brewster of Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Bubble Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968 in Finland; a modernist classic
• Butterfly chair composed of a single piece of fabric suspended from a light metal frame