What we know about a stool

1. Stool (colloquial. Stool, from the French. Tabouret) - a chair without a back, which is the great-grandfather of modern chairs. Even ancient Rome, an important official, Kurul, performed his duties, sitting on a folding stool, which bore him his slave. Curule stool regalia was equated to the highest power.





2. In the Middle Ages in France, the stool has become a symbol of royal favor. At the court of Louis XIV was a special privilege to sit in the presence of the royal family, and the favorites to sit was not very comfortable, they bring a stool. In the court table of ranks, even featured a post taburetonosilschika.

3. In the USSR, the stools were a fixture of kitchen furniture, because they are more compact than chairs with backs, which is important in terms of lack of space.

4. Stool - favorite assistant suitsidnikov more than 70 percent who decided to die by hanging, others use the chairs, benches and other furniture uncomfortable.

5. In the army, the stool - the most common furniture. A distinctive feature of the army stools - the slot in the middle toilet seat for easy transport.

6. Monument stool set in Moscow on Taganskaya street, it is a nearly three-meter stool, which in the evening is very beautifully illuminated lanterns.

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