klismos

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κλισμός (klismós).

Noun

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klismos (plural klismoi)

  1. A light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
    • 2007 July 20, Wendy Moonan, “Chinese Porcelain With a French Twist”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.

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