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SETTEE , a long upholstered seat, usually high-backed and with arms at each end . Its ancestors were theSee also: settle and the chair—it has alternately resembled the one and the other
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It is broadly distinguished from the many varieties of See also: sofa by being intended for sitting rather than reclining—its seat is of the same height as that of a chair; its arms and much of its detail are chair-like
.
It See also: dates from about the See also: middle of the 17th century, but examples of that early See also: period are exceedingly rare.' There is a famous one at Knole, made about midway between the restoration of See also: Charles II. and the revolution of 1688
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By that
See also: time the settee had acquired the splendid upholstery and convoluted woodwork which adorned the end of the See also: Stuart period
.
Early in the 18th century the conjoined See also: double or triple chair See also: form
became fashionable
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The form was artless, and the See also: absence of upholstery, save on the seat, produced a somewhat angular effect
.
This type of settee was in essence two chairs with one set of arms
.
See also: Chippendale made many such pieces, some of them of See also: great beauty
.
As the taste for carved furniture waned these sturdy settees were replaced by lighter ones, often graceful enough in outline—Hepplewhite and See also: Sheraton were distinguished practitioners—but partaking more and more of the " stuffed-over " character
.
The See also: desire for comfort and ease gradually drove out the See also: original idea that the settee was intended only for sitting See also: bolt upright
.
Its See also: modern varieties are many, but in all of them the See also: frame, once so lavishly ornamented, is almost concealed by upholstery
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