Savonarola chair

noun

Savona·​ro·​la chair

ˌsavə|nəˈrōlə-,

səˌvä|

: a folding X-shaped chair of Italian Renaissance style that has interlaced curved slats pivoted at their intersections

called also scissors chair

Word History

Etymology

after Girolamo Savonarola †1498 Italian religious reformer

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