SETTEES, CHAISES-LONGUES AND SOFAS
A bit too comfortable for the likes of architect-designers, the settee and sofa attracted less design attention of the ‘progressive’ sort between rococo and art nouveau. The general commercial manufacturer was left to
provide comfortable seating of this sort and did so, often of a buttoned and overstuffed nature. Settles (q.v.) were another [...]

SETTEES  sofas, day-beds and couches
A George I walnut settee with shepherd’s crook arms. The cabriole legs have thread and scroll decoration and end in pad feet. The fabric is not contemporary, which would increase the price considerably. 1715-1725
A Chippendale mahogany settee showing the double back design taken from a single chair. 1750-1770
The earliest forms of [...]