Abstract: A hammock chair includes a rigid, wooden seat frame and a net-like seat fabric extending between rigid frame members. The rigid frame has a quadrangle shape but has one open side. The net-like seat fabric thus forms a chair seat enclosed by rigid members along three edges, but not along a fourth edge. The rigid frame comprises side rigid members attached to the end of a rear rigid member by means of a tension rod which extends lengthwise along the rear rigid member and laterally through the side rigid members. The tension rod is closer to the back edge of the rear rigid member than it is to the front. In one embodiment the net-like seat fabric is attached to the side frame members by means of maple dowels extending through loops in the net-like fabric. In another embodiment the loops interlock with one another. The net-like fabric has a variable density weave. In the preferred embodiment, the frame is supported above the ground by means of an overhead tether support.