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savonarola chair — ˌsavə]nəˈrōlə , səˌvä] noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after Girolamo Savonarola died 1498 Italian religious reformer : a folding X shaped chair of Italian Renaissance style that has interlaced curved slats pivoted at their… … Useful english dictionary
X-chair — Cross framed chair in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence An X chair (also scissors chair, Dante chair, or Savonarola chair) is a chair with X shaped frame. It was known in Ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece … Wikipedia
scissors chair — a chair, as a Dante or Savonarola chair, having transverse pairs of crossed legs supporting the seat and arms. * * * also called X chair , Savonarola chair , or Dante chair chair supported by two crossed and curved supports either at… … Universalium
scissors chair — noun : savonarola chair * * * a chair, as a Dante or Savonarola chair, having transverse pairs of crossed legs supporting the seat and arms … Useful english dictionary
Curule chair — According to Livy the curule chair originated in Etruria, and it has been used on surviving Etruscan monuments to identify magistrates, [Thomas Schäfer, Imperii insignia: Sella Curulis und fasces. Zur Repräsentation römischer Magistrate , (Mainz) … Wikipedia
dante chair — ˈdantē , ˈdän noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: after Dante Alighieri : a folding X shaped chair of Italian Renaissance style having heavy curved legs and arms and cloth or leather seat and back * * * Italian Furniture. a chair of the… … Useful english dictionary
Dante chair — Italian Furniture. a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back. Also called Dantesca chair /dan tes keuh, dahn tes kah/. Cf. Savonarola chair. [named… … Universalium
List of chairs — The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross references about most of the chairs.0 9The 10 Downing Street Guard Chairs are two antique chairs used by guards in the early 1800s.AThe Aalto armchair 406 was… … Wikipedia
Order of Preachers — Order of Preachers † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
