When Did Settee Start?

Settee, also called sofa, an upholstered seat with back and arms (sometimes upholstered), designed to accommodate two or more people in a sitting or reclining position. The earliest surviving types, dating back to the 17th century in Europe, have sides that let down for conversion into a bed.

When did settees become sofas?

In the 17^th century, the sofa as we know it came to England from France, and became a popular piece of furniture in homes of the wealthy, and by the 19^th century the spelling had been settled on – it was officially a sofa!

When was the settee invented?

V and A Images Settee, England, 1690-1700. This may be the earliest surviving sofa: it was made in England in the 1690s in a style that would long remain popular there, referred to as “double Windsor chairs without a division.”