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Three Legged Chair
The three legged chair is a function of utility and art. As the name implies it has three legs, two in front and the third back leg also serves as the back rest. The legs are typically carved or sculpted. The seats are usually made of wood and are shaped and sculpted. Rails connect each leg using mortise and tenon joints. If properly designed and built, the chair is beautiful, strong and comfortable. It is a wonderful medium for the artist, particularity the back post. Given their unique appearance these chairs are not typically made as sets. They may be similar in design and size and can be collected in small groups and used as dining chairs. But more often, they are considered as separate and individual works of art and displaced to show off their distinct features.

Musicians have found the three legged chair to be comfortable while playing piano or guitar.

Conventional chair makers and woodworkers are not inclined to make these chairs as the time to design, sculpt and carve a one-of-a-kind chair is not cost effective. No, a sculpted three legged chair is something only a chair-artist would attempt.

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