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butterfly chair
noun
: a chair for lounging consisting of a cloth sling supported by a frame of metal tubing or bars
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The camp has dozens of furnished safari-style canvas tents, complete with down comforters on beds and leather butterfly chairs on the wooden front decks.
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Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
The design by Kris Cochran features a simple mod butterfly chair and dining set that don't distract from its clean lines.
—Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 12 July 2023
Each tent is furnished with comfy beds, wool blankets, and a deck with leather butterfly chairs perfect for resting and redwood watching.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
The casual dining area includes a 1950s butterfly chair and a plywood-top table with industrial folding legs.
—Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 Apr. 2023
Black butterfly chairs by Angelucci 20th Century sit out in the sun around an above-ground fire pit that sets the sculptural stage for a cozy evening by firelight.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
Spacious tents have heated beds and private redwood platforms with leather butterfly chairs, while two communal bathhouses sport both indoor and outdoor showers and organic bath products.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
Next to it, a butterfly chair is strategically placed underneath the shade of a towering fig tree.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
The American furniture company revived a Bastiano sofa by Tobia Scarpa and the famous Hardoy butterfly chair, designed in 1938 by Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy and sold by Knoll from 1947 to 1951.
—Arlene Hirst, Curbed, 2 May 2018
Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
The design by Kris Cochran features a simple mod butterfly chair and dining set that don't distract from its clean lines.
—Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 12 July 2023
Each tent is furnished with comfy beds, wool blankets, and a deck with leather butterfly chairs perfect for resting and redwood watching.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
The casual dining area includes a 1950s butterfly chair and a plywood-top table with industrial folding legs.
—Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 Apr. 2023
Black butterfly chairs by Angelucci 20th Century sit out in the sun around an above-ground fire pit that sets the sculptural stage for a cozy evening by firelight.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
Spacious tents have heated beds and private redwood platforms with leather butterfly chairs, while two communal bathhouses sport both indoor and outdoor showers and organic bath products.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
Next to it, a butterfly chair is strategically placed underneath the shade of a towering fig tree.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
The American furniture company revived a Bastiano sofa by Tobia Scarpa and the famous Hardoy butterfly chair, designed in 1938 by Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy and sold by Knoll from 1947 to 1951.
—Arlene Hirst, Curbed, 2 May 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1950, in the meaning defined above
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“Butterfly chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butterfly%20chair. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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