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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

His best work comes from an inline or wingback position, where he can push people around.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2024

“You have to take them back to your office,” said Washington, 46, as she sat, cross-legged, on a wingback chair at the Spence School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2023

Dr. Crowchild puts a bottle of Perrier in front of me and another on the table for herself before she sits across from me in the wingback.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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