Farthingale chairs
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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Furnishings (Hierarchy Name) > furnishings (artifacts) > <furnishings by form or function> > furniture > <furniture by form or function> > seating furniture > single seating furniture > chairs (furniture forms) > <chairs by form> > backstools
Descripción
Term of convenience for a type of chair with a wide but not very deep seat, low back, and no arms, originating in England in Elizabethan times. Term may have been coined under the assumption that the chairs were designed to accommodate the wide, hooped dresses called farthingales.
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Otros términos
- crinolinestoelen [nl]
- sillas farthingale [es]
- farthingale chair [en]
- backstools, upholstered joined [en]
- chairs, farthingale [en]
- chairs, imbranderers' [en]
- chairs, upholsterers' [en]
- imbranderers' chairs [en]
- joined backstools, upholstered [en]
- upholstered joined backstools [en]
- upholsterers' chairs [en]
- crinolinestoel [nl]
- silla farthingale [es]
- Farthingale chair [es]