Throne

There is, really, only one way to sit down. The methodology is simple: you lower your fundament into the chair. But in the matter of where you sit, there is an infinity of choice in matters of symbolism and style. Thus, the chair is the paradigm of the designed object: a simple object given layers of meaning, or of ambiguity, by the designer.
The primary association of a chair is with power. Our language gives it away. Bishops have seats. Monarchs have thrones. The senior academic in a university is given a chair and the guiding, authority figure in any organisation is a chairman.
Then there is the subsidiary matter of semantics. They all do the same thing, but a Gothic sedilla, a black leather and chrome executive number, a battered and stained leather club chair or a diagram made of recycled cardboard speak different languages.
The astute sitter will always be aware of these things. When people say “Sit down”, remember it’s not always quite so simple...

Aztec (L) and Maya (R) thrones - veritable ‘seats of power’...