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.
A sling being used to carry an injured man
Hanging chair in Yucatán, 2007
Hammock chair, Salem, Oregon, US, 2014
An upholstered hanging chair, Spain, 2012
Baby asleep in a hammock, Na Khun Yai, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand, 2004
British naval hammocks, 1700–1800s. HMS Victory reconstruction
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