Morris chair

a large armchair having an adjustable back and loose, removable cushions.

Origin of Morris chair

First recorded in 1895–1900; named after William Morris

This creation is a tall, cadaverous individual, who sits on the small of his back in a morris-chair and smokes a pipe.

Uncle Sam Detective |William Atherton Du Puy
From this morris-chair and from his rooms at the Savoy Hotel he ruled his English realm.

Charles Frohman: Manager and Man |Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
He found Bradish sprawled in a morris-chair which was lashed to a radiator.

Blow The Man Down |Holman Day
The Morris-chair in which he sat, swayed up and down to the ocean rhythm of the great deeps which bore him along.

Rough-Hewn |Dorothy Canfield

I settle myself comfortably in the morris-chair, the great book open on my knee.

The World I Live In |Helen Keller

Morris chair

an armchair with an adjustable back and large cushions

C19: named after William Morris