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Who named the settee?
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The first person who called a settee a settee is unknown. Historians have traced the name back to the Middle Ages when the furniture first came into production. Settee comes from the Old English word “setl,” which described a long wooden bench. On 1st 1stDibs, find a selection of antique settees.
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E W Godwin (attributed). An Anglo-Japanese ebonized duet or conversation settee.
By Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
E.W. Godwin attributed, an Anglo Japanese ebonized duet or conversation settee with curved back
Category
Antique 1870s English Anglo-Japanese Settees
Materials
Walnut
Large Conversation Settee - Canapé à confident - Sofa
Located in Paris, FR
Very unusual and large conversation settee - canapé à confident.
Carved gilt-wood and velvet fabric
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Canapes
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Vintage Giltwood Love Seat Conversation Settee Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic English vintage giltwood love seat or conversation "Sociable Settee" mid 20th
Category
Vintage 1950s English Settees
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
19th Century Carved Conversation Borne Settee Tête-à-tête
Located in Culver City, CA
, beckoning you to indulge in the splendor of the past.
This borne settee or conversation sofa would look
Category
Antique 1860s European Napoleon III Settees
Materials
Hardwood
French Three-Seat Conversation Sofa
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An interesting three-seat roundabout "indiscret" or conversation sofa, similar to a tete-a-tete
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Settees
Materials
Metal
19th Century Confident / Conversation Seat / Tête-à-tête
Located in Paris, FR
19th century confident in rosewood.
France, circa 1860.
Category
Antique 1860s Napoleon III Settees
Materials
Rosewood
