settee
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"You might as well just sit on a settee cushion and hope for the best."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
Jimenez likes a backless settee or daybed placed in front of a fireplace, so people can admire the flames facing one way and turn to converse with others in the opposite direction.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Wright Auctions, a leading venue for the sales of contemporary design goods, has fetched five-figure deals for a Hans Wegner desk, a George Nakashima settee and a chair designed by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
The fabulous settee is, unfortunately, a one-off, but it is very inviting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
His grandma was on the settee, holding on to his mum, rubbing her back as she threw up into a small bucket they kept nearby just in case.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
"We've had it all - beds, settees, cabinets - everything," Mr Davies added.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
The sofa is the model for modern sofas with high arms the same height as the back, marketed as Knole sofas or settees today.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
“The bold colors, opulent gilded mirrors, crystal chandeliers, allegorical artwork, taxidermy and silk upholstered settees that decorate the mansion set a feeling of environmental submersion or time travel,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2021
Almost inevitably there are marble floors with truffle insets, acres of Persian carpets, hard-backed settees upholstered in maroon leather, silk-shaded ginger-jar table lamps casting light on phalaenopsis orchids planted in generic tole jardinières.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
We move into a formal living room with ornate molding and green velvet settees, so full of heavy furniture I can hardly see the floor.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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