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.

Home > Sofas > Victorian Sofas > Page 4

Victorian Sofas

239 items · page 4 of 15

← Page 4 of 15 →

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

19th century

Save

Victorian Chesterfield Sofa

From Treehouse Antiques

£595

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

Victorian Mahogany Settee

From FB Antiques

£595

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

A Jackson and Graham Two Seater Sofa

From Kontrast Antiques

£2,880

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

Attractive Small Victorian Sofa Settee

From John Howkins Antiques

£495

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

A 19th Century Chesterfield Sofa

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,995

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

19th Century Fluted Wingback Sofa

From Kontrast Antiques

£2,200

FOR SALE

sofas

1900 - 1920

Save

Howard & Sons Chaplin Sofa

From William James Antiques

£21,500

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

Antique French Sofa

From Nikki Page Antiques

£1,450

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

Victorian Rosewood Chaise Longue

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£995

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

Green Leather Chaise Longue

From Kontrast Antiques

£2,200

FOR SALE

sofas

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.

19th century

Save

19th Century Chesterfield Sofa

From Kontrast Antiques

£2,200

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

19th Century Spindle Back Salon Sofa by C. Hindley & Sons

From Kontrast Antiques

£1,870

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

Aesthetic Chesterfield Sofa

From Kontrast Antiques

£3,700

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

19th C Howard and Sons Chaise Longue

From Kontrast Antiques

£3,900

FOR SALE

sofas

Chaise Longue Sofa Att' to Holland and Sons

19th century

Save

Chaise Longue Sofa Att' to Holland and Sons

From Kontrast Antiques

£2,290

FOR SALE

sofas

19th century

Save

A Howard and Sons Chaise Longue

From Kontrast Antiques

£3,600

FOR SALE

sofas

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 15 →

Victorian Sofas

Victorian Chesterfield Sofa

Victorian Mahogany Settee

A Jackson and Graham Two Seater Sofa

Attractive Small Victorian Sofa Settee

A 19th Century Chesterfield Sofa

19th Century Fluted Wingback Sofa

Howard & Sons Chaplin Sofa

Antique French Sofa

Victorian Rosewood Chaise Longue

Green Leather Chaise Longue

19th Century Chesterfield Sofa

19th Century Spindle Back Salon Sofa by C. Hindley & Sons

Aesthetic Chesterfield Sofa

19th C Howard and Sons Chaise Longue

Chaise Longue Sofa Att' to Holland and Sons

A Howard and Sons Chaise Longue

Add keywords to the filter

Price

Era

Period

Style

Material

Origin

Stock Location

Recently Added

Online Payments

Categories