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wingback

[wing-bak] / ˈwɪŋˌbæk /


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Velvet wingback chairs flank a fireplace and a stained-glass window obscures the parking lot outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025

Tucked into plush wingback chairs, we were handed the drinks menu.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

Mr. Maffei absorbs this while sitting in a wingback chair, facing a wall bearing an oil painting by a 17th-century Dutch artist displaying two ancient sailboats caught near rocks in crashing surf.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

He pointed to a candelabra on the windowsill behind a large wingback chair.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick




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