the supporting frame 2 while the top frame arm 10 of one sectional member 7 forms an arm rest and the bottom frame arm 12 of the other sectional member 8 substantially parallel therewith forms the standing surface 15 of the chair 1 or the like conveniently the two sectional members 7 8 are made from different sections of the same cross section namely by way of example flatly oval basic cross section although preferably the minor dimension of the cross section lying transversely of the width direction of the article of furniture is identical in both sections while the major edge dimension of the cross section lying in the width direction of the seat so differs that conveniently the sectional member 7 forming the front bearing support 13 and offset in relation to the other sectional member 8 has the larger cross section as shown more particularly in fig2 the sectional member 7 so stands in a parallel plane immediately adjacent the associated sectional member 8 that the plane of the inside of the sectional member 8 facing the center of the width of the furniture body lies at only a small distance from the plane of the facing outside of the sectional.