What is the difference between a sofa and a settee?

In practice, nothing. Dealers use sofa, settee and couch for the same long upholstered seat, and settee alone appears in 235 titles on Sellingantiques against 64 for couch. The useful distinction is elsewhere: whether the frame timber shows, and whether the piece has one raised end or two.

Why do some listings say chaise lounge?

It's a common alternative spelling. Of the 259 titles using chaise, 194 read chaise longue and 51 read chaise lounge. Both describe the same thing: a long seat with one raised end for reclining. Day bed and daybed also turn up for the form.

Which timbers do show-wood frames use?

Three dominate. Mahogany appears in 229 titles, walnut in 196 and rosewood in 81. Oak is a distant fourth at 23. Ebonised frames, stained and polished black and often with gilt lines, run through the Aesthetic-influenced pieces.

How precisely are these dated?

Loosely, for the most part. More than half the archive carries no year at all: 453 listings are labelled simply Victorian and 118 only 19th Century. Where decades are given, the 1880s lead with 158 listings, ahead of the 1860s, 1890s, 1850s and 1870s. The clean-year field spans 1800 to 1930, but the weight sits mid to late nineteenth century.

Are chesterfields always leather?

No. Leather appears in 82 titles and leather chesterfield in 30, so a good many chesterfields are listed in fabric or velvet instead. What the name signals is the form: arms level or nearly level with the back, and buttoning drawn deep into the upholstery.

What unusual forms turn up in this category?

Beyond the mainstream, window seats, hall benches, settles and conversation seats appear at the fringes, the last with sitters facing different ways. One-offs include a miniature ebonised chaise, a bath tub chaise, an Anglo-Indian carved sofa, an Austro-Hungarian shell-shaped sofa, a swivel conversational sofa and a chaise with concealed storage. Country-house framing is its own sub-language, used in 47 titles, taking in Knole sofas and a billiard-room sofa.

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A long upholstered nineteenth-century seat for a drawing room, sold under half a dozen names: sofa, settee, couch, chaise longue, chesterfield.

A Fine Quality Late Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Settee

19th century

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A Fine Quality Late Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Settee

From Mark Buckley Antiques

£2,695

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19th century

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Late Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Settee

From Lee Hawkins Antiques & Interiors

£675

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19th century

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Antique Chesterfield by Gillows

From Kontrast Antiques

£4,695

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1900 - 1920

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Superb Inlaid Two Seat Sofa

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£795

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19th century

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A Late Victorian Walnut Chaise Longue

From Robert Dee

£110

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19th century

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Hampton & Sons Chesterfield Sofa.

From Kontrast Antiques

£2,495

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19th century

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A Stylish Walnut Settee, Ca. 1840-60

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£1,950

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A Very Handsome 19thc Chesterfield in Aubergine Leathers

19th century

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A Very Handsome 19thc Chesterfield in Aubergine Leathers

From Robinson of England

£9,999

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19th century

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Victorian Rosewood Chaise Longue

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£795

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19th century

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William IV Upholstered Chaise Longue

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£925

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One-offs in the archive include a miniature ebonised chaise, an Austro-Hungarian shell-shaped sofa, a swivel conversational sofa and a piece called a Porcupine sofa.

A Large William IV Irish Carved Mahogany Sofa Circa 1835 of Rococo Revival Style

19th century

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A Large William IV Irish Carved Mahogany Sofa Circa 1835 of Rococo Revival Style

From Macintosh Antiques

£3,900

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Victorian Serpentine Hand Dyed Restored Whisky Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa

19th century

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Victorian Serpentine Hand Dyed Restored Whisky Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa

From Royal House Antiques

£12,000

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19th century

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Victorian Upholstered Salon Settee

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£690

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Victorian Conversation Seat with Barley Twist Frame.

19th century

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Victorian Conversation Seat with Barley Twist Frame.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£395

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19th century

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19th Century Anglo Indian Carved Sofa

From Martlesham Antiques

£3,550

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19th century

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Fine 19th-century Ebony & Ebonised Scroll-end Sofa

From Colton Antiques

£1,700

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Victorian Sofas

A Fine Quality Late Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Settee

Late Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Settee

Antique Chesterfield by Gillows

Superb Inlaid Two Seat Sofa

A Late Victorian Walnut Chaise Longue

Hampton & Sons Chesterfield Sofa.

A Stylish Walnut Settee, Ca. 1840-60

A Very Handsome 19thc Chesterfield in Aubergine Leathers

Victorian Rosewood Chaise Longue

William IV Upholstered Chaise Longue

A Large William IV Irish Carved Mahogany Sofa Circa 1835 of Rococo Revival Style

Victorian Serpentine Hand Dyed Restored Whisky Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa

Victorian Upholstered Salon Settee

Victorian Conversation Seat with Barley Twist Frame.

19th Century Anglo Indian Carved Sofa

Fine 19th-century Ebony & Ebonised Scroll-end Sofa

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