Dante chair

noun

Italian Furniture.

1. a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dante chair¹

Named after Dante

Example Sentences

The most generously accoutered figure is in the show’s first portrait, “Isotta Brembati,” a poet and a countess sitting in a Dante chair.

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