http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1683,00.html NOOKS AND CRANNIES – The Guardian online Who invented the deck chair? THE FIRST chair of this type – that is, the folding X-type chair – was discovered in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians: often carved with animal forms and covered with whole skins. In ancient Rome, too, the folding X-type chair had…

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