Sink into a leather chair and sip a vintage cognac, surrounded by leather-bound books and beautiful dark wood fittings.

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Sitting in a leather chair, wearing a black T-shirt and speaking in Russian, he frequently leaned back in and put his hands behind his head, and sipped from a coffee cup as explained how he and partners started a website in 2010 to create a Facebook-like environment for people with kinky fantasies.

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Example: A padded-leather-and-oak 1880 smoker's chair from England includes a hidden compartment designed for storing pipes, tobacco and tools.

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Nowhere else in Paris can match the Marais for its nonchalant acceptance of the leather-clad fetishist or the diner who casually puts a fold-up scooter under his chair.

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Instead of drinking stale coffee from a Styrofoam cup while leaning over a salesman's desk, the Maybach customer relaxes in a rich leather chair and sips from a china cup as his virtual car comes to life on a 50-inch flat plasma screen.

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