What's the difference between a settle, settee and sofa? All three evolved from the "bench," a furniture form with a flat wooden plank seat long enough to hold two or more people. A "settle" was in ...

What’s the difference between a settle, settee and sofa? All three evolved from the “bench,” a furniture form with a flat wooden plank seat long enough to hold two or more people. A “settle” was in ...

At first, a long, rocking settee with a strange fence protecting half the seat seems odd. Why place a fence on an elaborately decorated settee that looks as if it belongs in a living room? The settee ...

And this bench, as you may know, is not made by Thonet, but in fact is labeled. And if we can turn this over and look on the underside right here, we can see this mark, which is J. & J. Kohn, who were ...