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A chaise longue sofa An 18th-century rococo chaise longue A late 19th-century chaise longue. A chaise longue (/ ʃ eɪ z ˈ l ɒ ŋ, tʃ eɪ z-,-ˈ l ɒ̃ ɡ /; [1] French: [ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter. In modern French, the term chaise longue ...
Chaise longue Chaise longue (French for "long chair"), a chair with a seat long enough to completely support its user's legs. In the U.S., it is often mistakenly referred to as a 'chaise lounge'. Similar, if not identical to, a day bed, fainting couch, or récamier.
"occasional piece"; item written or composed for a special occasion. In French, it means "second-hand hardware." Can be shortened as pièce d'occas ' or even occas ' (pronounced /okaz/). portmanteau (pl. portmanteaux) In English, a portmanteau is a large piece of luggage for clothes that opens (like a book or a diptych) into two parts.
LC4 - Chaise longue "Long chair" LC5 - Sofa Bed; LC5.F - Canapé; LC6 - Table; LC7 - The Swivel Chair (1928) LC8 - Swivel Stool; LC9 - Bathroom Stool; LC10 P - Rectangular Low Table; LC11 P - Table; LC12 - Table designed in 1925 for Villa La Roche; LC13 - Fauteuil Wagon Fumoir; LC14 - Tabouret (1952 - 1959) (Tabouret LC14.01, Tabouret LC14.02 ...
A chaise longue is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs. Chaise longue may also refer to: Chaise Longue (Le Corbusier), a chair designed by Charlotte Perriand "Chaise Longue" (song), a 2021 song by Wet Leg
Chaise Longue (1928) by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier Perriand was familiar with Thonet's bentwood chairs and used them often not only for inspiration but also in her designs. Their chaise longue, for this reason, bears some similarity to Thonet's bentwood rocker although it doesn't appear to rock when sitting on the 4-legged base.
Chaise longue à réglage continu, also Chaise longue modèle B 306 à réglage continu or Chaise longue B 306 (later Chaise Longue - LC4, in 1964), is a chaise longue designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and the French designer Charlotte Perriand, who worked in the atelier of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his partner Pierre Jeanneret.
A standard usage is not erroneous, and regardless of how the term evolved, "chaise lounge" is standard usage. It would be more correct to title this article as "chaise lounge" and to note that the word evolved from the French "chaise longue". Ideally this note would be worded without derisive comments about the process of word evolution.