Dutch chair

American  

noun

English Furniture.

1. a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.

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Etymology

Origin of Dutch chair

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Rebecca Dutch, chair of University of Kentucky’s department of molecular and cellular biochemistry, said in an email that while syncytin-1 and the spike protein broadly share some features, they are quite different in the details that antibodies recognize.

From Seattle Times

They also caught us off guard, given the fairly safe traditionalism of the Dutch chair, Italian day bed and Agra rug, all from the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I am very negatively surprised,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch chair of the committee of eurozone finance ministers.

From The Guardian

But policymakers are divided, and the waters were muddied a day after the deal was inked when the Dutch chair of the eurozone's finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said it would serve as a model for the handling of future crises.

From The Guardian

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Eurogroup's new Dutch chair, supports the tax, but his country stayed out The other nine going ahead with the tax are Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece and Estonia.

From BBC