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The love chair (French: siège d'amour) was a device created by a French furniture manufacturer to allow the British King Edward VII to have sex with two women simultaneously.[1][2][3]

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King Edward was known for his affairs with the most famous French aristocrats, prostitutes, actresses and cancan dancers;[4] his father, on learning of his licentiousness, described him as "depraved".[5] He was a regular visitor to the most exquisite and lavish bordello of Victorian Paris, Le Chabanais, where the chair, designed specifically to cater for his copulatory tastes, was installed. Created by furniture manufacturer Soubrier, it was reported in 2018 as being owned by the Soubrier family[1] and it was included in an exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in 2015.[5]

At least three versions of the chair are known to exist, including the original owned by the Soubrier family. Two replicas also exist, one of which is located in the Sex Machines Museum in Prague. The other replica was put on sale in February 2020 by an antique furniture store in New Orleans for $68,000.[6]

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1. ^ a b Hof, Peter (1 May 2018). Two Edwards: How King Edward VII and Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey fomented the First World War. Trine Day. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-63424-175-5.
2. ^ Thomas, Sean (6 December 2005). "On the trail of Edward VII's sex chair for threesomes". theweek.com. The Week. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. ^ Elser, Daniela (22 May 2019). "King Edward VII's bizarre sex chair has confused everyone". news.com.au. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
4. ^ Lister, Kate (26 October 2017). "Throwback Thursday: When the King of England had a love chair to 'pleasure two partners at once'". inews.co.uk. The i. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
5. ^ a b Perring, Rebecca (9 October 2015). "Dirty Bertie: how royal playboy took Victorian Paris by storm with a three-way love seat". Express.co.uk. Daily Express. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
6. ^ Genovese, Daniella (12 February 2020). "King Edward VII's 'love chair' gives a royal twist to big-budget romance". foxbusiness.com. Fox Business. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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v t e Edward VII
King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (1901–1910)
Family	Alexandra of Denmark (wife) Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (son) George V (son) Louise, Princess Royal (daughter) Princess Victoria (daughter) Maud, Queen of Norway (daughter) Queen Victoria (mother) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father) Victoria, German Empress (sister) Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (sister) Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother) Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (sister) Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (sister) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother) Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother) Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (sister)
Events	Wedding Royal baccarat scandal Coronation Honours Medal Police Medal Coronation cases State and official visits made State visits received Death and state funeral
Reign	Edwardian era Edwardian architecture Prime ministers Household
Namesakes	King Edward VII Land, Antarctica King Edward VII-class battleship HMS King Edward VII Hospitals Falkland Islands London Sheffield Parks Lisbon Schools Johannesburg King's Lynn Lytham St Annes Melton Mowbray Sheffield Taiping Universities Lahore Prince Albert King Edward VII Stakes
Depictions	Film and television The Coronation of Edward VII (1902) "Guest of Honour" (1972) Fall of Eagles (1974) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974) Edward the Seventh (1975) The Duchess of Duke Street (1976) Lillie (1978) Mrs Brown (1997) The Lost Prince (2003) Victoria & Abdul (2017) Statues andmemorials Bengaluru Birmingham Bootle Brighton Montreal Portraits The Christening of the Prince of Wales The Royal Family Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales The Reception of Louis-Philippe at Windsor Castle The Inauguration of the Great Exhibition Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers The Landing of Princess Alexandra at Gravesend The Marriage of the Prince of Wales Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales The Family of Christian IX of Denmark The Marriage of Princess Louise of Wales with the Duke of Fife The Marriage of George, Duke of York, with Princess Mary of Teck The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales Coronation Portrait The Coronation of King Edward VII Books The Edwardians (1930) And Having Writ... (1978) Flashman and the Tiger (1999) Stamps Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum
Mistresses	Agnes Keyser Alice Keppel Daisy Greville Hortense Schneider Lady Susan Vane-Tempest Lillie Langtry Nellie Clifden Patsy Cornwallis-West
Honours	Royal Family Order Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Related	Arthur Sassoon Olga de Meyer Lady Randolph Churchill Sarah Bernhardt Homburg hat Caesar (dog) King Edward VII's Town Coach King's Ginger Marlborough House set Love chair
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