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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">compass seats</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>seats</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>compass seat</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>compass-seats</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>compass-shaped seats</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>horseshoe seats</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>seats, compass</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Chair seats that are rounded in the front and which sometimes have incurving sides, forming an outline like a horseshoe; most popular in America between the 1730s and 1760s, although in many areas persisting into the Federal period. ]]></note></mads>