The chair signifies not only the resting of the body but the focus of the mind. This focusing of the mind is reflected in the historical context of the chair as a throne, the bishops cathedra, a seat of authority, one of contemplative judgement.

The chair as chairperson where the occupier is chosen to preside over a meeting a company or a corporate body. In this situation the chair is placed in a situation where its position designates the importance the occupier, which is only dispalyed when the occupier is seated.

This metaphoric and metonymic use of the chair can be given its historical relevance, from thrones, to the chair in universities; we see it not as an irrelevant object but part of our social institutional construct: the seat of the soul.

Therefore in the threshold, the chair can be given the role of carrying the religious or spiritual attitudes of the house, maintaining a serene outlook, with an all knowing awareness, the chair can sit as an immortal symbol of self actualisation, anointing the social space with its presence.