A rounded chair back which tapers to the seat to form a balloon shape, a design popular during the Victorian age; (also) a chair with such a back; chiefly attributive, as "balloon-back chair", etc.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Daily Gleaner.
Definition of balloon back in US English:
balloon back
noun
A rounded chair back which tapers to the seat to form a balloon shape, a design popular during the Victorian age; (also) a chair with such a back; chiefly attributive, as "balloon-back chair", etc.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Daily Gleaner.