The sofa, settee (Canadian English and British English), or couch (U.S. English, British English), is a kind of furniture that is designed to seat more than one person. Sofas are normally found in the living room or in front of the television.
The term couch is predominantly used in Ireland, North America, South Africa and Australia whereas the terms sofa and settee are generally used in the United Kingdom.
The word ‘sofa’ dates back to 2000BC Egypt. It derives from the Arabic word ‘suffah’ (which translates as ‘bench’).
The word couch originated in Middle English from the Old French noun couche, which derived from the verb meaning "to lie down."
The word settee comes from the Old English word, setl, which was used to describe long benches with high backs and arms, but is now generally used to describe upholstered seating.
In ancient Greece the multipurpose couch was used for sleeping and for reclining at mealtime.
The Romans produced the same basic forms as the Greeks, and again the couch was popular. It eventually reached a characteristic form with a high back and high scrolled ends that terminated in carved animals' heads.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, a couch was thought as a long, upward seat for resting on. One end would slope up high enough to provide a place for the head to rest.
Some late 18th-century kinds of sofas had an arm running partly down one side, and this type continued to be made in England.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a furniture set consisting of a sofa with two matching chairs. is known as a "chesterfield suite" or "living room suite."
The first leather chesterfield sofa, with its distinctive deep buttoned, quilted leather upholstery and lower seat base, was commissioned by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773). Consequently, in the UK, the word chesterfield now describes a deep buttoned sofa, usually made from leather, with arms and back of the same height.
Florence Nightingale returned home from the Crimean War, weakened by a fever she'd contracted there. Prostate and apparently helpless on a sofa in her south London home, she conducted a huge correspondence and received many dignities, ambassadors and politicians.
HG Wells became an author as a result of an injury he suffered. Before his teens, the son of the landlord of The Bell at Bromley threw him in the air and shouted, "Whose kid are you?" Wells landed awkwardly and broke his leg. As the young Wells lay on the sofa recovering, the landlord's wife sent in books for him to read, which prompted his interest in literature.
Barbara Cartland was a romantic novelist credited with the greatest number of books by any British author (some 723 in all). Her rate of production meant that a new book was finished every two or three weeks, dictated to her secretary from a sofa.
The Simpsons' couch gag is frequently used by the show's writers to make the show longer or shorter, depending on the length of the episode itself.
Lazy people who does not do a lot of physical activity but spend their time lounging on their sofa watching TV are called a "couch potato" because potatoes do not move at all. It also relates to the shape of a typically fat person slumped in front of their television.
Underground comic book artist Robert Armstrong originated the term when he featured in the 1970s a group of couch potatoes in a series of comics featuring sedentary characters. Along with Jack Mingo and Allan Dodge he created a satirical organization that purported to watch television as a form of meditation.
People sit on their couch for an average of four hours each day.
Over it’s lifespan the average couch will host around 782 visitors.
The average couch will be used 489 times as a bed.
We eat 13 meals a month on our sofas and the average sofa suffers 1,663 spillages over its lifetime. Tea or coffee three times a week, and dinner six times a month.
Sources Encyclopedia of Britannica, Sofaworkshop
The term couch is predominantly used in Ireland, North America, South Africa and Australia whereas the terms sofa and settee are generally used in the United Kingdom.
The word ‘sofa’ dates back to 2000BC Egypt. It derives from the Arabic word ‘suffah’ (which translates as ‘bench’).
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The word couch originated in Middle English from the Old French noun couche, which derived from the verb meaning "to lie down."
The word settee comes from the Old English word, setl, which was used to describe long benches with high backs and arms, but is now generally used to describe upholstered seating.
HISTORY
In ancient Greece the multipurpose couch was used for sleeping and for reclining at mealtime.
The Romans produced the same basic forms as the Greeks, and again the couch was popular. It eventually reached a characteristic form with a high back and high scrolled ends that terminated in carved animals' heads.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, a couch was thought as a long, upward seat for resting on. One end would slope up high enough to provide a place for the head to rest.
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Some late 18th-century kinds of sofas had an arm running partly down one side, and this type continued to be made in England.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a furniture set consisting of a sofa with two matching chairs. is known as a "chesterfield suite" or "living room suite."
The first leather chesterfield sofa, with its distinctive deep buttoned, quilted leather upholstery and lower seat base, was commissioned by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773). Consequently, in the UK, the word chesterfield now describes a deep buttoned sofa, usually made from leather, with arms and back of the same height.
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PEOPLE AND SOFAS
Florence Nightingale returned home from the Crimean War, weakened by a fever she'd contracted there. Prostate and apparently helpless on a sofa in her south London home, she conducted a huge correspondence and received many dignities, ambassadors and politicians.
HG Wells became an author as a result of an injury he suffered. Before his teens, the son of the landlord of The Bell at Bromley threw him in the air and shouted, "Whose kid are you?" Wells landed awkwardly and broke his leg. As the young Wells lay on the sofa recovering, the landlord's wife sent in books for him to read, which prompted his interest in literature.
Barbara Cartland was a romantic novelist credited with the greatest number of books by any British author (some 723 in all). Her rate of production meant that a new book was finished every two or three weeks, dictated to her secretary from a sofa.
FUN SOFA FACTS
The Simpsons' couch gag is frequently used by the show's writers to make the show longer or shorter, depending on the length of the episode itself.
Lazy people who does not do a lot of physical activity but spend their time lounging on their sofa watching TV are called a "couch potato" because potatoes do not move at all. It also relates to the shape of a typically fat person slumped in front of their television.
Underground comic book artist Robert Armstrong originated the term when he featured in the 1970s a group of couch potatoes in a series of comics featuring sedentary characters. Along with Jack Mingo and Allan Dodge he created a satirical organization that purported to watch television as a form of meditation.
People sit on their couch for an average of four hours each day.
Over it’s lifespan the average couch will host around 782 visitors.
The average couch will be used 489 times as a bed.
We eat 13 meals a month on our sofas and the average sofa suffers 1,663 spillages over its lifetime. Tea or coffee three times a week, and dinner six times a month.
Sources Encyclopedia of Britannica, Sofaworkshop
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