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18/07/2003 12:16 AM

Armchairs or side chairs?

Why is it that on dining table one cannot use armchairs on the side?
Wouldn't it be more comfortable if everybody can rest their arms? Why
are the chairs on the side w/o arms? Very curious!


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Andy Dingley

in reply to "[email protected]" on 18/07/2003 12:16 AM

18/07/2003 1:46 AM

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:16:29 GMT, "[email protected]" <Andrea> wrote:

>Why is it that on dining table one cannot use armchairs on the side?

Why is it that on dining table one has arms on the end chairs?

>Wouldn't it be more comfortable if everybody can rest their arms?

Yes. It's an English class thing, copied by America around 1900.
Armed chairs or "carvers" are less comfortable, but they have higher
status for the paterfamilias.


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