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Recliner Recliner
Recliner Background A reclining chair is an upholstered chair with a metal mechanism activated by the user so that the back is pushed out and a foot rest rises up to accommodate the user's lower legs. Most recliners are armchairs, meaning they include arms. Upholstered backs... Read more
upholstery upholstery
upholstery general term for household fittings, hangings, curtains, cushions, and covers. It refers to stuffed, padded, and spring-cushioned furniture, such as chairs and sofas, or to the usually decorative materials and fabrics that cover them. The first furniture upholstery was probably leather,... Read more
furniture furniture
furniture properly such movables as chairs, tables, and beds; it is extended to include draperies, rugs, mirrors, lamps, and other furnishings. In its gradual evolution from periods of earliest civilization, the history of furniture parallels the progress of culture. Furniture has been made in a... Read more
Tears for Fears Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears Rock group Representatives of "moody, introverted British pop," according to John Rockwell in the New York Times, the rock group Tears for Fears combines weighty lyrics of self-exploration with a compelling and sensual pop sound. Composed of founders Roland Orzabal and Curt... Read more
pedestal pedestal
pedestal. Substructure, consisting of a plinth, dado (or die), and cornice, beneath a column-base in Classical architecture; used as a support for an obelisk, statue, urn, etc.; or found in balustrades, terminating rows of balusters, and supporting vases etc. A Classical podium is a continuous... Read more
wheelchair wheelchair
WHEELCHAIRS The wheelchair is made from many components ideally chosen to meet the needs of the person using the chair. The reasons to choose a wheelchair and the options available are as varied at the people who will use them. The most important thing before purchasing or renting a wheelchair is... Read more
curule curule
curule denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (‘curule seat’, a kind of folding chair).The word is recorded from the early 17th century and comes from Latin... Read more
dado dado
dado. 1. Die or flat-faced plain block of a Classical pedestal between the base and cap.2. Surface of an internal wall like an extended pedestal all the way round a room between a chair-rail (cornice), and skirting (base or plinth), called a chair- or dado-rail. A panelled timber dado is called a... Read more
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence
Defence, Ministry of. In 1950 there were secretaries of state for war and for air and a 1st lord of the Admiralty. But the exigencies of modern warfare, which demanded ever closer liaison between the armed forces, coupled with severe financial difficulties, which made three separate services appear... Read more

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