He'd been standing over the terminal, hunched over, hands resting on the desk; now he sank into the child-size chair.

His wrist limply rests over the back of a child-size chair in which lies an equally limp, contented spaniel.

They hold astonishing things: exquisite jewelry, minute glass vases, child-size funerary chairs and gilded coffin lids in human form.

"You're consumed by the task," he says, folding his wiry frame into a child-size chair at the end of another day.

The cafe has banquettes with child-size chairs and a well-designed play area with Legos, a huge chalkboard and other attractions.

Few parents would miss the chance to squeeze adult-size bodies into child-size chairs.

Following a medical history, he ushered Alyssa into the child-size dental chair.

"When I get big," she says, sitting in a child-size chair in the dorm's day care center, "I'm gonna clean my room."

The other children had 16 places to sit, he explained, sweeping his hand past four brand-new tables, each with four child-size chairs.

Ray and Charles Eames produced child-size chairs and stools before making them for adults.