Loveseat EN

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Loveseat
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A loveseat can be one of two styles of two-seat chair.

One form – also known as "British two-seaters"[1] – is essentially

synonymous with "two-seat couch". It typically has two upholstered
seats.[2]

Another form, variously also known as a tête-à-tête, courting bench,

kissing bench, gossip's chair, or conversation bench, is any form of two-
seat furniture where the two seats are arranged in an S shape, so that
two persons can converse while looking at each other and being within
arm's reach, while at the same time typically retaining a modest barrier A garden loveseat
between them.

History
While chairs wide enough to seat multiple people are not a novel
concept, wide upholstered chairs intended for one person became
popular towards the end of the 1700s to accommodate the wider
dresses in fashion then, and these began to be marketed and sold as
"loveseats" in the early 1800s.[3]

The tête-à-tête style loveseat became popular in the Victorian era, and
the design may have initially arisen in France.

A contemporary loveseat.

A US-style red two-seater loveseat

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