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
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chairs, library (reading chairs)
chairs, reading
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library chairs (reading chairs)
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