klismos
klismos noun: a light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
Noun
klismos (plural klismoi)
- A light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
- Stephen Miller Siegel, a Manhattan architect and decorator, created a chic chartreuse-and-blue bedroom, with an immense Ruhlmann 1928 vanity from the Delorenzo Gallery; a pair of 18th-century Chinese trunks, a lacquer screen depicting the Tuileries Gardens and a pair of 18th-century Danish klismos...2007 July 20, Wendy Moonan, “Chinese Porcelain With a French Twist”, in New York Times
- In the 19th century, brothers John and Hugh Finlay pioneered the Baltimore Fancy Chair, modeling its klismos back not after firsthand encounters with the ancient Greek perches but after representations on Grecian urns.2026 May, Hannah Martin, “Grab a Chair”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 24
Forms of klismos
| plural | klismoi |
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Origin of klismos
From Ancient Greek κλισμός (klismós).
Questions about klismos
- What does klismos mean?
- Klismos means a light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
- What part of speech is klismos?
- Klismos is a noun.
- What is the plural of klismos?
- The plural of klismos is klismoi.
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