What is loveseat?

Love seat, sometimes spent "loveseat", traditionally means a small sofa or couch. The term is most likely to come from the fact that its small size can only allow a maximum of two people to sit comfortably at a given time.

Popular culture would make us believe that the love seat originated as a very wide chair. This wide chair came as an answer to the urgent need for women in the previous centuries to sit down while dressed in the bulky fashion of their day. As the use of Crinolins and the lower ones dropped, people began to notice another space in their chairs. And so a love chair was born.

whether the above term is true or not is questionable. However, it is certain that most people agree that the love seat seat has first gained popularity during the Victorian era. His virtue was seen in the fact that it allowed couples to sit close enough to speak without hearing, and still still do not touchand. The love seat dealt with the desire of lovers for private conversation, while still maintaining the appearance of decency and caution, as required by social standards of the day.

Like his larger sister, Couch or Sofa, the love seat was first considered an elitate piece of furniture that used only higher classes. During the industrial revolution, when the couches and sofas were found in the working class, the love seat also gained a follow. In recent years, it has become somewhat founded in more compact urban homes and has become almost indispensable for the newly independent housing apartment.

Modern love seat usually measures anywhere from 53 - 60 inches (127 cm -152 cm) in width, 34-38 inches (86 cm - 96 cm) in height and about 34-38 inches (86 cm - 96 cm). Of course, measuring height and depth can in Varis, although it is generally accepted that the couch measures more than 60 inches (152 cm) Width can be too large to fit only two. Modern love seats come in many samples, colors and materials and can even accompany a regular couch as part of the set. They are sold in most furniture stores.