saddle-bag furniture
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Chairs and so on upholstered in a cheap kind of carpeting, the design of which is based on that of the saddle- bags carried by camels in the East.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “saddle-bag furniture” mean?
Chairs and so on upholstered in a cheap kind of carpeting, the design of which is based on that of the saddle- bags carried by camels in the East.
Is “saddle-bag furniture” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.