Use for chairs with back splats in the form of a lyre, a Regency period motif popularized by Adam, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and Duncan Phyfe.
AAT
3000133002
banister-back chairs, harp
chairs, harp banister-back
chairs, harp-back
chairs, lyre back
chairs, lyre-back
harp banister-back chairs
harp-back chairs
harp-backed chairs
lyre back chairs
13yrs ago
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