Leather Recliner Chairs

Leather recliner chairs are very popular. At one time, leather recliner chairs were associated almost totally with the executive's office, but that is no longer true. This is partly because leather recliner chairs are relatively cheaper than before and the fact that there are leather recliner chairs being made for other situations than the office. Nowadays, someone might have different styles of leather recliner chairs in the home office or at the computer desk; in the home cinema or they may have a leather recliner massage chair or even sofa.

Leather Recliner Chairs

The first leather recliner chairs were in the La-Z-Boy series and they are still one of the most respected names in stylish furniture. The first leather recliner chairs were invented in the 1920's in the USA by Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch (otherwise known as the 'Two Ed's). They made the very difficult transition from being farmers and woodworkers owning a furniture factory.

The two men worked extremely hard to put their new leather recliner chairs on the market. Flambouyant leather recliner chairs were not being made at all at the time and so they had to build a market for it, which is never easy. 'Luxury', in the 1920's and 1930's, was almost a dirty word.

However, aspiring young American executives liked these leather recliner chairs and took them to their hearts. They became symbols of success and every office worker aspired to one day having risen to such a position, that the job would bring with it the perk of a leather recliner church.

Luxury office leather recliner chairs took off after the Second World War when economies started to rebuilt and eventually boom. The reclining chair took off with it. The concept soon spread to Britain, Europe and the world.

Nowadays, these stylish chairs are to be seen in every executive office in the world, although very few of them are made by La-Z-Boy, as there are so many other firms making leather recliner chairs. However, with rising global relative affluence and the fall in cost of mass-produced goods, there are now several other styles of leather recliner chairs too.

Firstly, there is the ergonomic, office recliner which is as much a piece of safety equipment as it is a chair to an office worker who sits at a desk all the working day. These chairs can usually be adjusted for height amongst other things to reduce the chance of industrial injury.

Secondly, there are the leather recliner chairs meant to go in the living room or the home movie theater, so that you can lie back and relax while you are watching TV or a film. These reclining chairs often have storage compartments in the arm rests for all the remote controls that we use today (handy for specs and candy too).

Thirdly, their are the specialized massage recliners. These look pretty much like solid recliner armchairs, but they have motors built in to various sections to massage you while you watch TV.

Fourthly, almost any type of armchair or sofa can be reclinable too. Luxury is the keyword in the new millennium even if we are still trying to get out of a recession and it all started with the black leather recliner chairs of the 'Two Ed's'.