Compactable furniture

A compactable furnishing unit comprising two chairs and a shaped body wherein each chair is characterized by a seating surface, an upwardly extending backrest and two upwardly extending arm rests, said unit being characterized in that said shaped body is adapted to fit into the area defined by the seating surface, backrest and armrests of one of said chairs and to extend upwardly beyond the top of said armrests and that the second chair of said unit is adapted to be inverted and to rest with its armrests on the armrests of said first chair and with a portion of said shaped body extending into the area defined by the seating surface, backrest and armrests of said second chair whereby the armrests of said second inverted chair are aligned with and maintained in position atop the armrests of said first chair by said shaped body and said unit of two chairs and a shaped body thereby form a compact unit, the combined height of the armrests of said first chair and the armrests of said second chair being substantially equal to the height of each of the backrests of said chairs whereby when said second chair is inverted onto said first chair the top surface of the backrest of each of said chairs is substantially continguous with the plane of the bottom of the other chair and further characterized in that the bottom of at least one of said chairs comprises a substantially flat surface adapted for use as a table when said chair is inverted atop the other chair, and the back of each chair is curved whereby the outer surfaces of the chairs of said unit in its compact state are substantially contiguous and define a substantially cylindrical shape and each of said chairs can be placed on its back on a floor surface and be adapted to serve as a sideway rocking chair.