klismos

plural klismoi

1. A light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.

   In the 19th century, brothers John and Hugh Finlay pioneered the Baltimore Fancy Chair, modeling its klismos back not after firsthand encounters with the ancient Greek perches but after representations on Grecian urns.

   2026 May 28, Hannah Martin, “Grab a Chair”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 24

   1 more example

   Stephen Miller Siegel, a Manhattan architect and decorator, created a chic chartreuse-and-blue bedroom, with an immense Ruhlmann 1928 vanity from the Delorenzo Gallery; a pair of 18th-century Chinese trunks, a lacquer screen depicting the Tuileries Gardens and a pair of 18th-century Danish klismos chairs from H. M. Luther; and an embroidered linen screen from Liz O’Brien.

   2007 July 20, Wendy Moonan, “Chinese Porcelain With a French Twist”, in New York Times