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Reading chairs

Scope note

Comfortable chairs for reading. Sometimes used specifically to mean 18th-century English armchairs with padded, leather-covered, saddle-shaped seats and an adjustable platform to hold a book projecting from the back; designed so that the occupant may either sit on it in a normal way or straddle the seat facing the back. DDA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300038217

Broader Terms used

<chairs by function>

Narrower Terms used

student chairs

Equivalent Terms used

reading chair

Created

12yrs ago

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