<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">spoon-back chairs</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>chairs by form: back form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>chairs, spoon back</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chairs, spoon-back</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spoon back chairs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spoon-back chair</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The name sometimes given to early 18th-century chairs in which the back has a gentle double curve designed to fit the back of the sitter. Also a mid-19th century chair with a rounded, waisted back and short legs. ]]></note></mads>