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Carver chair

noun

  1. a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Carver chair1

1900–05; named after John Carver, who owned one of this kind

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