A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academ
“If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.”
“Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.”