The Squatter’s Delight, or ‘A Man’s Chair’, Robert Griffin

The Squatter’s Delight, or ‘A Man’s Chair’, Robert Griffin

Abstract:

Robert Griffin makes the case for the introduction of the squatter’s chair – a robust easy chair with swing-out leg rests – as an idea imported from India in the early 19th century. These chairs found a home on the shady verandahs of homesteads, particularly in Queensland and NSW, where the landowner could relax and survey his (and occasionally her) land and animals, hence the name.

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