Part of the social history of Sibu was the importation of the beautiful "German Chairs" for official functions and social events.
The few restaurants and especially the various associations all had those lightweight wooden chairs.
Even coffee shops also used them as part of their every day business. It was so ubiquitous that these chairs even acquired the name of kopitiam chairs!
the Kopitam chair is based on the bentwood Chair No.14 designed by Austraian Michael Thonet, the master furniture maker who started a global sensastion in the 1880's. These bentwood chairs are made from beechwood which was light and easily bent. And they are very lasting too.
It is interesting why we know this kind of chairs as German Chairs.
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