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Definition of Sofas
1. sofa [n] - See also: sofa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sofas
Literary usage of Sofas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe by Charles Over Cornelius (1922)
"II 1 ] I II THE FURNITURE sofas THE sofas are closely related to the chairs,
which they frequently were made to match—that is to say, certain of the forms ..."
2. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"VIII SETTEES, COUCH ES, AND sofas THE words settee and sofa have often been used
interchangeably, and there seems to have been no uniformity in their use, ..."
3. The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton, Russell Sturgis (1906)
"These sofas may be cushioned to fill their backs together with bolsters at each
end." The chairs match the sofas. The commode-table has four doors, ..."
4. Studies in Ancient Furniture: Couches and Beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and by Caroline Ransom Williams (1905)
"Legs curving out at the floor level, such as are common on modern sofas, ...
It is surely not a flight of fancy to say that the Roman sofas are just the ..."
5. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1901)
"VI SETTLES, COUCHES, AND sofas SETTLES THE settle seems to have been a direct
evolution from the chest. \VH Pollen, in his book on furniture, says: "As the ..."
6. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"The company in the gallery seeing »few ladies very comfortably seated on the
sofas, with warm foot-stools and other luxuries, did as they had a right to do, ..."
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