SETTEE  , a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long upholstered seat, usually high-backed and with arms at each end . Its ancestors were the See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle and the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair—it has alternately resembled the one and the other . It is broadly distinguished from the many varieties of See also:

• SOFA

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

dates from about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but examples of that See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period are exceedingly rare.' There is a famous one at Knole, made about midway between the restoration of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. and the revolution of 1688 . By that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the settee had acquired the splendid upholstery and convoluted woodwork which adorned the end of the See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart period . Early in the 18th century the conjoined See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double or triple chair See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form became fashionable . The form was artless, and the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of upholstery, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

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, THOMAS (d. 1979)

Chippendale made many such pieces, some of them of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty . As the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for carved See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture waned these sturdy settees were replaced by lighter ones, often graceful enough in outline—See also:

• HEPPLEWHITE, GEORGE (d. 1786)

Hepplewhite and See also:

• SHERATON, THOMAS (c. 1751-1806)

Sheraton were distinguished practitioners—but partaking more and more of the " stuffed-over " See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . The See also:

• DESIRE

desire for comfort and ease gradually drove out the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea that the settee was intended only for sitting See also:

• BOLT

bolt upright . Its See also:

• MODERN

modern varieties are many, but in all of them the See also:

• FRAME

frame, once so lavishly ornamented, is almost concealed by upholstery .