sling
Sling furniture is usually a suspended, free-swinging chair, bed, or hammock that is made of a framework connected to hanging straps or rope. When attached to poles or a frame for carrying, a sling becomes a stretcher, a simple form of litter. • Illustration — A sling being used to carry an injured man • Illustration — Hanging chair in Yucatán, 2007 • Illustration — Hammock chair, Salem, Oregon, US, 2014 • Illustration — An upholstered hanging chair, Spain, 2012 • Illustration — Baby asleep in a hammock, Na Khun Yai, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand, 2004 • Illustration — British naval hammocks, 1700–1800s. HMS Victory reconstruction
sling
Rogier van der Weyden · The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. · Public domain
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Sling is a furniture.
Craftmen at work, wicker furniture makers, bamboo basket weaving, textile crafts and suspended mobile sculptures, interior view of the wooden Heuan Chan heritage house, stilt building with wooden ceiling, bamboo furniture and " sudare " (bamboo venetian blinds), Luang Prabang, Laos.
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Carved wooden bench, furniture, textile crafts, lanterns and suspended mobile sculptures, at the wooden Heuan Chan heritage house, stilt building with wooden ceiling, Luang Prabang, Laos.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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