| 单词 | balloon-back chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon-back chair balloon back n. a rounded chair back which tapers to the seat to form a balloon shape, a design popular during the Victorian age; (also) a chair with such a back; chiefly attributive, as balloon-back chair, etc.; cf. hoop-back n. at hoop n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1866 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 20 Apr. (advt.) Balloon back drawing room chairs. 1937 J. N. Loring Anat. Eng. Chair Types iii. 11 The uprights of the back now exhibit a double curve, curving outwards near the middle but inwards near the top, a shaping which gives a slight waist to the back. Two main types are recognisable: (A), those with hooped crestings (Balloon backs), and (B), those with serpentine crestings (Camel backs). 1961 Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Furn. 118 The balloon-back chair. In 1830 this was entirely unknown; by 1860 it had become by far the commonest type both for dining and drawing-rooms. 2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 23 Apr. h3 Your chair design is a late, turned-leg version of the balloon back. < as lemmas |
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