Dante chair

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Dante chair

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.

From New York Times