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[quote=Anonymous]A small woman once broke one of my antique 18th Century Chippendale chairs. When I took it to be repaired, an antique dealer said that, when these older chairs were made, people didn't "lounge" in chairs. They had better posture (women were aided by the fact that they were wearing corsets with stays). It was considered rude to slump so that your back touched the back of the chair. Plus, caning gets brittle over time and has to be replaced. It's why you'll find that many caned chairs have had a board inserted where the caning used to be. As others have pointed out, there are many fit people who are over 200 pounds. It's not their weight, it's their carelessness. [/quote]
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