From colonial Manila to erotic cinema, from the African-American revolution to Scandinavian design, here’s how a simple wicker chair became a mirror of the 20th century’s aesthetics, desires, and ...

A descendant of the regal peacock chair moves to the top of the pecking order—and no, we’re not talking about the ‘Game of Thrones’ seat. In this iteration, goldtone wire sits in for wicker.

And while the peacock chair’s endurance as an icon of power and poise remains distinct from the exaggerated soft curves of contemporary wicker made prominent on nearby neighbors’ porches, its ...

The Peacock swept the U.S. during the mid-20th century, after many celebrities—among them, Dolly Parton, Al Green, and Donna Summer—began using the chair as a prop in publicity shoots.

Especially not a four-foot-wide chair that wasn’t very comfortable. (Nothing personal, peacock. You’re just not.) But that was before I saw this Reina chair at Anthropologie — for $598.

A plastic covered sofa, wallpaper, a china cabinet filled with bone china, a peacock chair, a cast-iron pan, plate decorations on the wall, a bag filled with grocery bags, a ...

Dismissed by some as a hippie embarrassment—or a creepy 'Addams Family' prop—the fantail-back peacock chair is entrancing new fans.

This was the peacock chair album cover, and it was everywhere. Al Di Meola, Dorothy Moore, Larry Gatlin, and Funkadelic each sat on a peacock wicker chair for their 1970s album covers.