<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">farthingale chairs</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31479461</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:09:06</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">backstools, upholstered joined</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chairs, farthingale</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chairs, imbranderers&apos;</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chairs, upholsterers&apos;</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">farthingale chair</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">imbranderers&apos; chairs</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">joined backstools, upholstered</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">upholstered joined backstools</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">upholsterers&apos; chairs</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Term of convenience for a type of chair with a wide but not very deep seat, low back, and no arms, originating in England in Elizabethan times. Term may have been coined under the assumption that the chairs were designed to accommodate the wide, hooped dresses called farthingales. ]]></dc:description></metadata>