Cromwellian chair

noun

A kind of leather chair, studded (ornamented with nailheads), having a rectangular seat and separate rectangular back, from the time of Cromwell; a later example made in the manner of such chairs.

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Meanings

nounCromwellian chair (plural Cromwellian chairs)

plural Cromwellian chairs

  1. furnitureA kind of leather chair, studded (ornamented with nailheads), having a rectangular seat and separate rectangular back, from the time of Cromwell; a later example made in the manner of such chairs.
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