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- noun Plural form of
backrest .
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Within this canvas enclosure, the curators did a bit of interior decorating, installing backrests and pillows, ca. 1904, also from Milwaukee's collection, and (in the foreground) a parfleche (flat, envelope-like container), ca. 1900, from Brooklyn's holdings:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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By regaining the chairs former conditions and removing the backrests of the chairs, replacing it with a new textile dress/structure of mouldable polyester felt, he makes new “slow fashion” - furniture.
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Within this canvas enclosure, the curators did a bit of interior decorating, installing backrests and pillows, ca. 1904, also from Milwaukee's collection, and (in the foreground) a parfleche (flat, envelope-like container), ca. 1900, from Brooklyn's holdings:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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Within this canvas enclosure, the curators did a bit of interior decorating, installing backrests and pillows, ca. 1904, also from Milwaukee's collection, and (in the foreground) a parfleche (flat, envelope-like container), ca. 1900, from Brooklyn's holdings:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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Within this canvas enclosure, the curators did a bit of interior decorating, installing backrests and pillows, ca. 1904, also from Milwaukee's collection, and (in the foreground) a parfleche (flat, envelope-like container), ca. 1900, from Brooklyn's holdings:
Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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But unlike its big brother, it manages without backrests and adjustment, providing quick and practical seating for the lobby or reception area.
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This means that its backrests can be moved easily to virtually any position desired.
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This is also offering people a casual way to sit like back to back, face to face or sometimes side to side through its backrests forming seating cells in variable dimensions.
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With the Bunga Chair, the circular table will be the center part of the flower while the backrests of the chairs will serve as petals.
Pick Chair 2008
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This means that its backrests can be moved easily to virtually any position desired.
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