butterfly chair

American  

noun

1. a sling chair in which a canvas or leather sling is suspended from a metal frame by its corners, forming a wide back and seat in a shape resembling the outstretched wings of a butterfly.

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Etymology

Origin of butterfly chair

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Next to it, a butterfly chair is strategically placed underneath the shade of a towering fig tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

A butterfly chair is rendered in lavender suede and heavy wood, not canvas and tensile metal.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

After watching portly A. V. Vlasov, head of the Soviet Academy of Architecture, struggle good-naturedly with a tippety butterfly chair, the delegates were shown by pretty, pink-clad hostesses around a futuristic pink kitchen.

From Time Magazine Archive