| A glance of The classical chair Chair is culture product all at once social product. Chair is ‘tool sits for human. Follow dictionary, chair is thing that have foot and to lean on, also can be interpreted as position, function in parliament, cabinet or board. The origin word of chair The word of chair comes from Arabian language that is "Al- Kursi" (chair verse). Al-Kursi is taken from Al-Kirs that mean collecting, or Al- Kurrasah that mean papers that gathered and at interpret as book. "Al-Kursi" show collection shaped book as a’ foundation to can hold back and underpin load (reads: power) exist in on it (one who sits). (Source: asy-sya'rawi, 2003,122-1223). Be acquainted with the classic chair Classic chair is furniture or furniture that functioned as tool sits ancient elegant, at market is known as antique chair. Classic chair is begun from Greek period and Roman until 19th century. The classic chair professes function principle follows form; differ from modern chair concept that is form follows function. Classic term comes from English that is classic always connotation as Greek style and Roman. To confirm originally, Greek classic style and Roman often use classic capital letter. Further more until 19th century because assumed only imitation and development from Greek style and Roman, word classic be lower case letter. In the beginning the chair only created to kings, noble, monk, religion figure, and society that has tall power or one who very influential. Now classic chair can has by everybody without reference to the socials status. Classic chair created at French, English, German, and European countries with America, classic chair works then scattered to whole world, belong in Indonesia. In expansion the development of imitation design of the classic chair the grows fast after kingdoms in Indonesia, especially at Java comes into contact with Europe nation. Since 16th century, the classic chair produced at Jepara regency at Central Java (see Gustami, 2000, 199). In this time the producer of classic chair has be scattereds and clear away to Klender and Ciputat area. The Indonesian kingdom, especially Java's kingdom used classic chair as tool sits kings and noble. If we look at the Indonesian President palaces use the classic chair. Such also colonial elegant ancient houses and new houses with Europe touch or America, one of the element interior is classic chair. Even in the during of Governor General Lieutenant Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) the power full authority in Indonesia, appear "the raffles chair style" that adopted style from Sheraton English. Till now, this colonial special classic chair still delight and produced in Indonesia. In exhibition furniture, classic chair always displays be elegant, even be icon. Classic chair also used as power symbol, chair struggle, function and kind of it. Please find Indonesian chairs product with full guarantee. |
