A swivel, spinny, or revolving chair is a chair with a single central leg that allows the seat to

rotate 360 degrees to the left or right. A concept of a rotating chair with swivel castors was
illustrated by the Nuremberg patrician Martin Löffelholz von Kolberg in his 1505
technological illuminated manuscript, the so-called Codex Löffelholz, on folio 10r.[1] It is purported
that Thomas Jefferson drafted the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776 while
sitting on a swivel chair of his own design.[2]

Types and examples[edit]

Swivel chairs may have wheels on the base allowing the user to move the chair around their
work area without getting up. This type is common in modern offices and are often also referred
to as office chairs. Office swivel chairs, like computer chairs, usually incorporate a gas lift to
adjust the height of the seat, but not usually large (e.g. recliner) swiveling armchairs.
A draughtsman's chair is a swivel chair without wheels that is usually taller than an 'office chair'
for use in front of a drawing board. They also have a foot-ring to support the legs when it is not
possible to reach the ground.

Swivel seat[edit]
When the swivel chair is installed in an aircraft, an automobile or on a stair lift and can not move
independently because it is on a fixed base, it is rather called a swivel seat.[3] Some swivel seats
are also bucket seats.[4