X-chair
Sign in to saveAlso known as scissors chair, hip-joint chair, X-shaped chair, X-stool
thumb|Cross-framed chair in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence An X-chair (also scissors chair, Dante chair or Savonarola chair) is a chair with an X-shaped frame. It was known to have been used in Ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece. The Christian faldstool is a type of X-chair.
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thumb|Cross-framed chair in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence An X-chair (also scissors chair, Dante chair or Savonarola chair) is a chair with an X-shaped frame. It was known to have been used in Ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece. The Christian faldstool is a type of X-chair.
== History ==
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