WINDOW SEAT  , a See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature See also:

• SOFA

sofa without a back, intended to fill the See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess of a window . In the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 18th See also:

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

century, when tall narrow See also:

• SASH

sash windows were almost universal, the window ,seat was in high favour, and was no doubt in keeping with theformalism of Georgian interiors . It differed much in decorative detail, but little in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . It stood as high from the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor as a 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; the two ends were identical, with a See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll-over See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve, more or less pronounced . The seats and ends were usually upholstered in See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich fabrics which in many cases have remained intact . The legs followed the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion in chairs and were square and tapered, or, somewhat later, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round and needed . See also:

• HEPPLEWHITE, GEORGE (d. 1786)

Hepplewhite and the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam designed many graceful window seats, but they were produced by all the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet-makers of the See also:

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

period .