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A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, chesterfield, or davenport, is a cushioned item of furniture that can seat multiple people. It is commonly found in the form of a bench with upholstered armrests and is often fitted with springs and tailored cushion and pillows. [1] [2] Although a couch is used primarily for seating, it may be used for ...
The Campeche (or butaca, butaque as it is more commonly known in Spanish) is a reclining, non-folding, sling-seat chair with a distinctive side-placed curule base. In North America, they are named for the Campeche region of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula , and were popular in the Americas during the early nineteenth century.
Orbiter, a brand of camera seat used by camera operators that swivels at a low working height. ON Chair, has a patented three-dimensional sitting arrangement; incorporates lateral movement to standard office chair height and reclining positions; Ottoman, a thick cushion used as a seat or a low stool, or as a rest for the feet of a seated person
These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
A divan (Turkish divan, Hindi deevaan originally from Kurdish [1] devan) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or, in some regions, a box-spring-based bed. Primarily, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire ), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor, or a raised structure or ...
Méridienne (c. 1750–1760) Red upholstered fainting couch A fainting couch is a modern term describing a couch with a back traditionally raised at one end. The back may be situated completely on one side of the couch or wrapped around and extended to the entire piece, much like a traditional couch.
The company was founded by Albert H. Davenport (1845-1905), who began as a bookkeeper at the Boston Furniture Company in 1866, and bought the business about 1880 following the death of its owner. [1] He changed the company's name, and expanded it, opening a showroom in New York City.
A window seat. A window seat is a miniature sofa without a back, intended to fill the recess of a window. [1] In the latter part of the 18th century, when tall narrow sash windows were almost universal, the window seat was in high favor, and was no doubt in keeping with the formalism of Georgian interiors. It differed much in decorative detail ...