Savonarola chair

American  

noun

Italian Furniture.

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

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Etymology

Origin of Savonarola chair

First recorded in 1915–20; after G. Savonarola

Example Sentences

There are several African objects from the early 19th, late 18th centuries; there’s a 1980s marble pedestal and a reproduction of a Savonarola chair.

From Los Angeles Times

“It is just as you have seen it, day after day,” said the librarian as he closed the door quietly, and Helen seated herself in the Savonarola chair beside his desk.

From Project Gutenberg

They sat on backless benches, stools and the x-shaped "Savonarola" chair, or on straight-backed wooden chairs placed against the wall.

From The Guardian