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klismos (Gr****: κλισμός) or
klismos chair is a type of
ancient Gr**** chair, with
curved backrest and tapering,
outcurved legs.
Klismoi are familiar...
- Books. ASIN B00L76LSDO.
Witold Rybczynski (2017). Now I Sit Me Down: From
Klismos to
Plastic Chair: A
Natural History. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0374537036...
- The
Museum of
Modern Art. Rybczynski, Witold. Now I Sit Me Down: From
Klismos to
Plastic Chair: A
Natural History. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, 2016. "How...
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American interiors.
Innovations such as the Gr****-inspired "sofa" and the "
klismos chair"
allowed both
American women and men to pose as Gr****s in
their homes...
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ebony and ivory,
according to Pausanias.
Other Gr****
seats included the
klismos, an
elegant Gr****
chair with a
curved backrest and legs
whose form was...
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hexameter verse written in a
terse and
elegant style,
intended for the
klismos traveller rather than the
actual tourist on the ground; he is believed...
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director from 1801
until his death.
Richard III, oil on canvas, 1787.
Klismos chair, c. 1790,
Danish Design Museum. Culmin's
Ghost Appears to his Mother...
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Palace in Jaipur, India. His
first piece was his
interpretation of a Gr****
Klismos chair,
based on a 1920s
drawing by an architect. The
chair is rendered...
- and Company. p. 7. Rybczynski,
Witold (2016). Now I Sit Me Down: From
Klismos to
Plastic Chair: A
Natural History. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux. p. 198...
- levels. The
lowest level features a
klismos, a form of
ancient Gr****
informal chair meant for rulers. The
klismos chair faces the audience, much as a...
