Now I must apologize to Matthew as I have had a closer look at the chairs
and it does seem that they can be adjusted so that sitting instead of
kneeling would be possible!
J. Bengtson
Queen's College
Oxford
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Jonathan Bengtson wrote:
> Actually I would have to disagree with Matthew. The two chairs in
> question have very long backs so that even I (at 6'6") find them
> uncomfortable to sit on and find the angles of the book rests difficult.
> Kneeling on them produces a much more natural reading position though I
> can't imagine staying in such a position for any length of time!
>
> Jonathan Bengtson
> Librarian, The Queen's College, Oxford
>
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Matthew Phillips wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Chris Baggs wrote:
> >
> > > A colleague and I have been debating reading chairs.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Our discussion actually centred however on how the reader sat in such a
> > > chair. Did they sit the opposite way round to the way one normally sits
> > > in a chair, so there was clearly no back support, or did the reader
> > > kneel on the padded part of the sit, in a way similar to a prie-dieu.
> > > Does anyone know of any illustrations of such furniture, or perhaps of a
> > > description of one in use?
> >
> > No illustrations or description, but the two such chairs in the upper
> > library at Queen's College, Oxford, are definitely most comfortable when
> > sat on facing the book rest, rather than being kneeled on. They have arms
> > which you can rest your elbows on, and from the design of the chair it is
> > quite clear that you are meant to sit on them that way round.
> >
> > Matthew Phillips
> > Assistant Librarian
> > Christ Church Library
> > Oxford
> >
> >
> >
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