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Once you learn about the rich history of Chesterfield sofas, you'll want one for your home. Here are the best ones to buy, ranging in sizes and price points.
A "large upholstered couch," 1897, apparently named for the manufacturer. Earlier (1853), it was "a kind of small ornamental writing table." The proper name is attested from the 12th century, from a place in Cheshire (Old English Devennport). [3] A similar word, Daveno, also refers to a sofa or couch.
A furniture set consisting of a sofa with two matching chairs [17] is known as a "chesterfield suite" [18] or "living-room suite". [19] In the UK, the word chesterfield was used to refer to any couch in the 1900s. A chesterfield now describes a deep buttoned sofa, usually made from leather, with arms and back of the same height.
In sophisticated urban environments, walnut was a frequent choice for furniture in the Queen Anne style, [5] superseding the previously dominant oak and leading to the era being called "the age of walnut." [6] However, poplar, cherry, and maple were also used in Queen Anne style furniture. [11]
Chesterfield F.C., the football team of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England; Chesterfield Inn, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, listed on the NRHP, now demolished; Chesterfield Pictures, a film company active from 1925 to 1936 until it was merged into Republic Pictures; Chesterfield sofa, upholstered furniture suitable for seating multiple people
Chesterville had about twenty businesses and numerous churches during its heyday, catering to a population of between 150 to 200 people. However, the land in the area was more suitable for large-scale stock-raising and rice cultivation than for small farms; as a result, Chesterville's population dropped to 25 by 1933 and to 75 by 1914.
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The Chesterfield County Courthouse and Courthouse Square is a historic county courthouse complex located in Chesterfield, Virginia.The complex includes the old Chesterfield County Courthouse, built in 1917; the county clerk's office buildings, dating from 1828 and 1889; and the old Chesterfield County Jail, constructed in 1892 and closed in 1960.