Love seats & Conversation Chairs Photos

Love seats, vis-à-vis, roundabout conversation chairs page. Seating units for two or more people who do not all face in one direction like on a straight sofa. Some courting furniture has three seats, 2 for the couple plus a chaperone between. Some round sofas were used in lobbies.

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Millard Fillmore's courting bench at Millard Fillmore House. East Aurora, NY.Bamboo style love seat at McCulloch House. Waco, TX.Modern visitor's bench at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Visitor seating at The Phillips Collection. Washington, DC.
Millard Fillmore's courting bench at Millard Fillmore House. East Aurora, NY.Bamboo style love seat at McCulloch House. Waco, TX.Modern visitor's bench at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Visitor seating at The Phillips Collection. Washington, DC.
Circular chair for three in Second Empire style covered in silk damask by Benjamin Deguil & Benjamin-Paul Ramillon at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Three seat chair in library at Chaumont-Sur-Loire. France.Courting couch upon which couple sits on end & fathers arranging marriage sit on long middle in throne room at Dublin Castle. Dublin, Ireland.Tête-à-têtes loveseat at Chateau-sur-Mer. Newport, RI.
Circular chair for three (Indiscret) in Second Empire style covered in silk damask (1852-70) by Benjamin Deguil & Benjamin-Paul Ramillon at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Three seat (era of Napoleon III) chair in library at Chaumont-Sur-Loire. France.Courting couch upon which couple sits on end & fathers arranging marriage sit on long middle in throne room at Dublin Castle. Dublin, Ireland.Tête-à-têtes loveseat at Chateau-sur-Mer. Newport, RI.
Split love seat at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA.Tree-cornered settee in Long Room parlor at Peacefield. Quincy, MA.Four-cornered chaperone chair at Haddo House. Methlick, Scotland.Four sided sofa in parlor at Kilkenny Castle. Ireland.
Split love seat at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA.Tree-cornered settee in Long Room parlor at Peacefield. Quincy, MA.Four-cornered chaperone chair at Haddo House. Methlick, Scotland.Four sided sofa in parlor at Kilkenny Castle. Ireland.
Settee in living room of Eisenhower National Historic Site. Gettysburg, PA.Living room island sitting area at Gillette Castle State Park. East Haddam, CT.

Settee in living room of Eisenhower National Historic Site. Gettysburg, PA.Living room island sitting area at Gillette Castle State Park. East Haddam, CT.


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