Chairs for that.

Looks like Richard and I are not the only ones with chairs on the mind at the moment. There have been some great posts about chairs recently on the Lost Art Press blog and also on Peter Follansbee's blog.

Check them out:

http://blog.lostartpress.com/2015/01/25/naked-necessity/

http://blog.lostartpress.com/2015/01/24/the-17th-century-world-of-sitting/

http://blog.lostartpress.com/2015/01/27/the-unpredictable-backstool/

https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/some-chair-terms-illustrated-w-period-examples/

https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/16th-17th-century-english-terms-for-chairs/