director's chair
Illustration — Director's chair used by actor Harrison Ford during the filming of Blade Runner • Illustration — Japanese traditional folding stool A director's chair is a lightweight chair that folds side-to-side with a scissors action. The seat and back are made of canvas or a similar strong fabric which bears the user's full weight and can be folded; the frame is made of wood, or sometimes metal or plastic. The seat and scissors members work together to support and distribute the sitter's weight so that the seat is comfortably taut.
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Illustration — Director's chair used by actor Harrison Ford during the filming of Blade Runner • Illustration — Japanese traditional folding stool A director's chair is a lightweight chair that folds side-to-side with a scissors action. The seat and back are made of canvas or a similar strong fabric which bears the user's full weight and can be folded; the frame is made of wood, or sometimes metal or plastic. The seat and scissors members work together to support and distribute the sitter's weight so that the seat is comfortably taut.
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The back is usually low and the chair usually has armrests. The stereotypical image of a movie director on location includes one of these chairs, hence the name. Victor Papanek describes this chair as an excellent design in his book Design for the Real World as it is simple and ideally suited to its function, being "extremely comfortable to sit in for long periods of time". The design goes back to coffer-makers' chairs of the 15th century and eventually to the Roman curule chair. The modern American style director's chairs were introduced by the Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company, founded, owned and operated by William Gittings and family. In 1892, the Gold Medal Classic design won an award for excellence in casual furniture design in the lead-up to the 1893 World's Fair Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Gold Medal Directors Chairs are now manufactured in Tennessee by The Lord's Table, Inc.
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『 恋文 』（1953年）の撮影現場。監督の田中絹代、撮影監督の 鈴木博 。
『 映画評論 』1953年12月号。発行所：映画評論社。
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1892
director's chair first recorded.
1892
director's chair is recorded from 1892.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1337479152, Women In The Director's Chair.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5280501: director's chair
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- 2.Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. bartleby.com.
- 3.director's chair. m-w.com.
- 4.Papanek, Victor J. Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change. Paladin. 1982. 978-0-586-08171-6.
- 5.Gold Medal - The Original Director's Chair. goldmedalchairs.com.
- 6.Gold Medal - The Original Director's Chair. tltinc.com.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1337479152, Women In The Director's Chair.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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