elbow chair

In the dim light she can hardly make out the Judge's figure, sitting in the elbow chair in the middle of the room.

There is an elbow chair with a document compartment, a 12-cent postage meter and a divan.

Although the elbow chair is comfortable enough, the wealthy widower is more than welcome in many houses with better chairs.

He was in a fair-sized room that had no desks in it but an oval table and a number of elbow chairs.

Do sit, Stanwell," he said, indicating one of the two Chinese elbow chairs flanking his desk. "

The Georgians had elbow chairs; the Victorians had deep, upholstered armchairs.

Sit thee down, master, in the elbow chair,' said the old man, knocking his stick upon the brick floor, and trying to do so sharply. '

An unusual pair of Anglo-Indian Chippendale style elbow chairs, bearing makers label.

They are instantly welcomed inside (Fig. 39), and Nell's grandfather is invited to sit in the elbow chair while the child looks around her:

Along the far wall were a row of half-a-dozen elbow chairs, all of which faced an unbroken line of heavy brocade curtains.

Two delicate-leaved trees flanking the wide window, adding a homey touch to the sheen of the framed elbow chairs done in ivory brocade.

He pulled his elbow chair to the window and broke the familiar seal: Ashgrove Cottage My dear Stephen, Give me joy!

This is an Elbow Chair by Hans Wagner, manufactured by Carl Hansen & Son.

In a 1751 inventory, a pair of large looking glasses are described as costing as much as a "dozen mahogany chairs with leather bottoms and accompanying elbow chair."

The original elbow chairs in this room were made by Stephen Langley and were unusual in their use of a Greek Key design interspersed with flowers, dated to 1735.

The mother occasionally rose, and drew aside the window-curtain, as if to look for some expected object; a frugal meal was ready spread upon the table; and an elbow chair was placed near the fire.

Begging him to be merciful with her brother, Hepzibah admits Jaffrey to the house, where he flings himself into the elbow chair in the parlor, like so many Pyncheons before him have done.

The first publisher of The Dartmouth, Moses Davis, published the first issue with the motto "Here range the world--explore the dense and rare; and view all nature in your elbow chair."

The maid quitting the room, the gentleman insisted, with a tender warmth, that I should sit up in the elbow chair by the fire, and see him eat if I could not be prevailed on to eat myself.

The reference library itself proclaimed the substance of the city with its solid elbow chairs and long mahogany tables, grooved along the edge to hold a pen, and in the centre of each table a massive pewter inkwell.

It was really delightful to see the old squire seated in his hereditary elbow chair, by the hospitable fireside of his ancestors, and looking around him like the sun of a system, beaming warmth and gladness to every heart.

She opened one door, shut it again with the words 'Too squalid' and opened another, which led into a pleasant little square room with a piano, bookshelves, a great china stove, two or three elbow chairs and a sofa; the window looked out on to a lime-tree.

He answers Clifford when Clifford cries out for his happiness; he calls to Judge Pyncheon to rise from the elbow chair and get on with his day as planned; he asks your indulgence when describing life in the Pyncheon garden.

CH327 dining table and CH20 Elbow chairs by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn, Spillino 678 polished-aluminum-alloy and tempered-glass coffee table by Damian Williamson for Zanotta at Kiosk (www.kioskdesign.ca).

In May and July 1751 he provided Lady Monson with walnut elbow chairs covered in leather and brass nailed, with their checked linen loose covers, a dining table with a protective leather cover and eight walnut chairs, for a total of £22 2/6.