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This is a drawing of a lady in bed. She is sitting upright in her bed, with hat boxes, a hat, and undergarments surrounding her at the foot of the bed.

Lady in Bed

This is a drawing of a lady in bed. She is sitting upright in her bed, with hat boxes, a hat, and undergarments…

This sofa is designed without arms and the legs are carved into lion heads.

Couch

This sofa is designed without arms and the legs are carved into lion heads.

A couch bed is a style type of couch that unfolds into a bed.

Couch Bed

A couch bed is a style type of couch that unfolds into a bed.

The Modern Couch is unsymmetrical with a strong head.

Modern Couch

The Modern Couch is unsymmetrical with a strong head.

A couch or "Darby and Joan seat, a settee having two chair-like backs, for two persons." -Whitney, 1911

Settee

A couch or "Darby and Joan seat, a settee having two chair-like backs, for two persons." -Whitney, 1911

A couch is a generic term in North America and Australia, for an item of furniture designed to seat more than one person. Typically it will have an armrest on either side. Couches are normally found in the family room, living room, den or the lounge. They are covered in a variety of textiles or in leather.

Front View of a Settee

A couch is a generic term in North America and Australia, for an item of furniture designed to seat…

The most common types of couches are the loveseat and the settee or sofa.

Side View of a Settee

The most common types of couches are the loveseat and the settee or sofa.

A style of couch designed by Thomas Sheraton, an English furniture designer.

Sheraton Couch

A style of couch designed by Thomas Sheraton, an English furniture designer.

This sofa was made London, England. It has little carving on the bottom with a Griffin on each leg.

Sofa

This sofa was made London, England. It has little carving on the bottom with a Griffin on each leg.

"A seat or bench of a particular form. A sofa; especially a sofa of peculiar pattern, as a short one for two persons only, or one having two or three chairbacks instead of a continuous back...A small part taken off from a long and large sofa by a kind of arm: thus, a long sofa may have a settee at each end partly cut off from the body of the piece." &mdash;Whitney, 1889 <p> This illustration is of an 18th century sofa.

Sofa with Two Settees

"A seat or bench of a particular form. A sofa; especially a sofa of peculiar pattern, as a short one…

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used only in the last three centuries.

Modern Sofa

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used…

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used only in the last three centuries.

Modern Sofa

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used…

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used only in the last three centuries.

Modern Sofa

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used…

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used only in the last three centuries.

Modern Sofa

The Modern Sofa is symmetrical and the arms are upholstered with cushions. It has been commonly used…