Also popular during this period were pairs of upholstered lady and gentleman chairs. One had a high back and arms; the matching chair was a little lower and didn’t have arms. The armless one was the wife's chair, convenient to sit in while doing needlework, crocheting, or knitting. While cabinetmakers made pairs of chairs well into the 1870's, and possibly into the 1880's, those that followed the rounded lines of the Rococo Revival style between 1845 and 1860 are the most attractive and least dated