slipper chair

English

Noun

slipper chair (plural slipper chairs)

1. (US) An upholstered chair with a low seat and a high back.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, pages 241–2:

     She moved over to a slipper chair and put her head back against a white cushion that lay along the back of the chair against the wall.

   • 1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book, Abacus, published 1982, page 48:

     I was intellect itself, weighing the possibility of blocking the door with the dresser and bed, surveying the room for weapons – the elegant old hat-rack, the slipper-chairs.