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Advantage includes free access to book updates online and a relieved of trial membership in the publisher's book lodge where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Couch, Triclinium, Futon, Klippan, Fainting Couch, Divan, Ottoman, Rise Sofa, Chaise Longue, Davenport, Canapé, Sofa Bed, Accubita, Sigma, Couch Bed, Klinai. Citation: A couch is a generic term in North America, Australia, and New Zealand for an article of furniture designed to seat more than one person. Typically it will have an armrest on either side. Couches are normally found in the household room, living room, den or the lounge. They are covered in a heterogeneity of textiles or in leather. Other terms synonymous with the above description of couch are sofa (derived from the Arabic word "suffah") and settee. Portuguese rosewood caned settee (canape), 19th century (Camilo Castelo Branco Congress, Famalicão) The traditional meaning of couch is a particular standard of sofa with a half back and one raised end. By this definition it more closely resembles a day-bed, chaise longue, or indeed a bed. In the UK, where the generic span of time for the item of living room furniture is normally 'sofa' or 'settee', the term 'couch' retains this exact meaning, for example in a therapeutic setting (ie a psychiatrist's couch). A couch is therefore in use accustomed to lying down, while a sofa or settee is for sitting perpendicular. The word 'couch' derives from Old French couche, gist "sleep" or coucher with the meaning "to lie down". The most common types of couches are the "loveseat" (or British two-seater) and the settee or sofa (two or more seats). A sectional sofa (often righteous referred to as a "sectional") is formed from multiple sections (typically 2 to 4) and normally includes at least two pieces that join at an angle of 90 degrees or diet greater, used to wrap around walls or other tackle. A Sectional Sofa is known as a Corner Sofa or Corner Case in the UK. Other couch variants incl... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=464961

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Guidecraft Kiddie Couch - Red

List Price: $89.99

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Everyone loves his or her own comfy rocking-chair. Now your kids can have one as well, and invite their friends over to enjoy the burly construction and comfort of their own kid-sized chair and Sofa Set. These sets are imagined for dramatic play, reading or quiet then. Couch measures 31 1/2"W x 19"D x 25 1/2"H". Weighs 15.4 lbs.

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A heartbreaking story from Horton Foote

09.09.10

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THE ORPHANS' Composed CYCLE (Part One: The Copy of a Childhood)

Off-Broadway carouse, at the Signature Thespian Company, 555 W. 42nd St.

Written by Horton Foote. Directed by Michael Wilson.

With Bill Heck, Dylan Riley Snyder, Henry Hodges, James DeMarse, Annalee Jefferies and Jenny Risk Paulin.

Record: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets: $20. 212-244-7529 or signaturetheatre.org.

The excessive project of dramatist Horton Foote's memoirs was the fictionalized gest of his family, strikingly his father.

It was a anecdote told in nine plays that moved through the primeval decades of the 20th century, in and around the imagined village of Harrison, in Southeast Texas.

Before he died earlier this year, at the age of 92, Foote adapted the unprejudiced works into a campy trilogy – three evenings, each containing three one-act plays — under the agency title "The Orphans' Institution Cycle."

The first part, "The Story of a Childhood," opened Thursday sundown at the Signature Thespian Company. (The backer part will debut in December, and the third in January.)

The first stage play, "Roots in a Parched Foundation," establishes why Foote's creator, here named Horace Robedaux, will fritter away his life looking for his spot in the world.

Horace's forefather, a lawyer, is moribund at a young age, of hooch and cigarettes. He'll have as a remainder behind the 12-year-old Horace, a younger daughter, Lily Dale, and his disaffected wife, Corella, who's moved to Houston.

Source: NorthJersey.com

Do any of you ever remember your Grandparents or Great Grandparents calling a couch a Davenport?

Aug 19, 2008 by AsianPersuasion :) | Posted in Polls & Surveys

My Great Gran always did, so I was just wondering if anyone else's did.

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No, I've never heard of that.

Your question intrigued me, so I did some research:

Davenport is the name of a series of sofas manufactured by the now-defunct A.H. Davenport Company. Due to the popularity of the furniture at the time, the name "Davenport" has become a genericized trademark like "Kleenex" or "Band-Aid." It is often used as a synonym for "sofa", especially in the Midwestern United States and in northern New York state. Specifically, it is used in the Adirondack Region and the Tughill Plateau, especially amongst those born there before World War II. The so-called Davenports of the northern New York region are often locally made sofa versions of the locally manufactured convertible Adirondack Chair.

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Why do some old people call a couch a davenport instead?

Jan 17, 2008 by rockmadedirty | Posted in Other - Society & Culture

What is a davenport?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_%28sofa%29

What is the difference between a davenport, a sofa and a couch?

Jun 07, 2006 by dingy peanut | Posted in Other - Home & Garden

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Probably the age of the person looking at the three words. A davenport was used prior to World War Two-- A couch is a sofa-- but stiffer seating. A sofa is today's davenport/couch-- usually softer and we like laying on them to watch TV. Dagwood uses a sofa-- Mr. Mitchell probably has a couch.....

What is the dif between a couch and a davenport?

Aug 07, 2006 by Sonia | Posted in Decorating & Remodeling

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A davenport is a snooty couch.

Couch, sofa, davenport? What's the difference?

Jun 09, 2007 by JBWPLGCSE | Posted in Decorating & Remodeling

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""From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sofa may refer to:

A piece of furniture also called a couch or Davenport.
"Chesterfield" is also an alternate word for sofa or couch used by some Canadians""

They r the same thing, jst different parts of the country call it one or the other. Like pop or soda referring to a can of Pepsi... Like a submarine sandwich, Hoagie, Poor Boy, Sub, etc... different parts of the country.

Yes, we are THOSE dog parents..

A hardly fun with Mols and the camera. We're pretty proud of her. :)

Source: The Daily Couch

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GI60 is an cosmopolitan, interactive, one-minute play festival. These 50 plays were produced at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.