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--- day-bed history part 4: --- the nineteenth century explored the possible manners of lying. prolonged rest, night-time sleep was not its object here. it sought a furniture for passing relaxation it has always been a luxury to lie around ... with personal interaction via receiving guests, and mental activities like reading, writing, analysis, game playing. the informal 'reclining woman' is a portrait of the nineteenth century posture. the line of chairs, adjustable the body stretches countlessly from the 1830's down to our days. in nomadic, holiday, beach or military situations when people move from place to place, deckchairs, camp beds and hammocks are used for resting or sleeping. they are collapsible and light, easy to carry. sigmund freud's (1856-1939, austrian psychiatrist; founder of psychoanalysis) patients reclined on a day-bed (freud's coach) which was covered with an oriental rug. during the early twentieth century this furniture type was also required to contain the increased numbers of patients officially diagnosed as having pulmonary tuberculosis. patients laid for hours on the cure chair, recommended to assume the reclined position, for ease of breathing. --- T I M E L I N E ----------------- 900 - 1700 ------------- 1700 - 1850 ------------- 1850 - 1920 ------------- 1920 - 1950 ------------- 1950 - 1970 ------------- 1970 - 1990 ------------- 1990 - today --- 1850 - 1920 --- --- napoleon III steel camp day-bed france, circa 1850 --- military camp day-bed, usa, war of secession --- colonial day-bed, phillipines, ca 1850 --- bamboo physicians chair china, 1860 --- arts and craft daybed, england, ca. 1870 --- adjustable chaise-longue by g.wilson, usa 1871 --- waves of revival after revival interpreted thru the queen victoria sensibility (!) - a chaise-longue made in a turkish frame style england, ca. 1880 --- freud's couch, upon which his patients comfortably reclined during psychoanalytic sessions, austria, ca. 1890 --- a cure chair (image without cusions), england, 1900 ca. --- patented 'literary machine' furniture, england, 1900 ca. --- upholstered chaise-longue by thonet brothers, austria, 1900 --- rocking reclining chaise-longue, thonet brothers, austria, 1883 --- garden recliner, thonet brothers austria, ca. 1883 - 1884 --- thonet chaise-longue austria, ca. 1890 --- garden recliner, thonet brothers, austria, ca. 1900 --- 'piroge' chaise by eileen gray, france, 1920 --- T I M E L I N E ----------------- 900 - 1700 ------------- 1700 - 1850 ------------- 1850 - 1920 ------------- 1920 - 1950 ------------- 1950 - 1970 ------------- 1970 - 1990 ------------- 1990 - today