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  2. Couch - Wikipedia

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    To conserve space, some sofas double as beds in the form of sofa beds, daybeds, or futons. A Kubus sofa by Josef Hoffmann (1910) 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 ...

  3. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    Chesterfield sofa a deep buttoned sofa, with arms and back of the same height. It is usually made from leather and the term Chesterfield in British English is only applied to this type of sofa. [51] child-minder (babysitter) a person who looks after babies and young children (usually in the person's own home) while the parents are working.

  4. Chesterfield - Wikipedia

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    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 Earl of Chesterfield , head of an aristocratic family from Derbyshire, England

  5. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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    An expandable table with chairs. This is a list of furniture types.Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks.

  6. Furniture - Wikipedia

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    Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating , storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks ), or to ...

  7. Chesterfield sofa - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 17 October 2009, at 15:41 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Davenport (sofa) - Wikipedia

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    Line art drawing of a davenport. Davenport was the name of a series of sofas made by the Massachusetts furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company, now defunct.Due to the popularity of the furniture at the time, the name davenport became a genericized trademark in parts of the United States.

  9. Sofa bed - Wikipedia

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    A couch unfolded into a bed. A sofa bed or sofa-bed (in the US often called a sofabed, hide-a-bed, bed-couch, sleeper-sofa, or pullout sofa) is a multifunctional furniture typically consisting of a sofa or couch that, underneath its seating cushions, hides a metal frame and thin mattress that can be unfolded or opened up to make a bed.