butterfly chair

noun

1. a sling chair in which a canvas or leather sling is suspended from a metal frame by its corners, forming a wide back and seat in a shape resembling the outstretched wings of a butterfly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of butterfly chair¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Next to it, a butterfly chair is strategically placed underneath the shade of a towering fig tree.

From Los Angeles Times

Next to it, a butterfly chair is strategically placed underneath the shade of a towering fig tree.

From Los Angeles Times

Early designs included the Nickel couch, featuring a gently rounded back that curves into an elegantly bulbous armrest on one end, and the barrel-back Half Dollar chair, whose gracefully spreading sides give the piece its other name, the Butterfly chair.

From New York Times

He was in architecture school at Syracuse University then, and he chose the bed mostly because it was low and fit the look he was after: He had wrapped his room in red burlap, and the décor included a fish tank, a butterfly chair and a pair of Mexican huaraches.

From New York Times

Skeezie gives Joe’s room the once-over and starts ticking off what he eyes: books, CDs, computer, tie-dyed butterfly chair with smiley face pillow, big stuffed flamingo on the bed, antique floor lamp with fringed shade, posters of Madonna and Cher and Leonardo DiCaprio in a T-shirt.

From Literature