klismos
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κλισμός (klismós)
Noun
klismos (plural klismoi)
- 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.