| The term couch is a generic term that the people of | | | | furniture has moved on over the years, the style of |
| North America, Australia, and New Zealand use for a | | | | the furniture remains as a sofa featuring a low rolled |
| piece of furniture that is made to seat more than one | | | | back with beautiful deep buttoning securing the fabric |
| person. The seating has to have armrests on both | | | | into its wooden frame. An apartment with a more |
| sides, normally found in a living room, den or a lounge. | | | | modern interior may not be able to have the space |
| These pieces of furniture would ideally be covered | | | | required for a full Chesterfield suite. A Chesterfield |
| mostly in a fabric such as velvet or leather. Traditional | | | | sofa may be more appropriate either in leather or a |
| furniture or antiqued furniture in the UK would be | | | | modern velvet fabric or a mix of both fabrics |
| termed as a settee or sofa, the word sofa being a | | | | depending on the décor. Traditional Chesterfield |
| definition taken from an Arabic word ‘suffa'. The | | | | furniture made in the best leather looks impressive with |
| North Americans used the term Chesterfield many | | | | their deep leather colours in a lounge of a Victorian or |
| years ago to refer to a couch or sofa and some | | | | Edwardian house. Cottages are normally associated |
| people amongst the older generations of Canadians | | | | with small three piece sofas. Today, with the modern |
| still use the term, but it is quickly vanishing. In the United | | | | styling and designs of chesterfield furniture, a |
| Kingdom people recognise Chesterfield as a city or | | | | Chesterfield sofa with a Chesterfield chair can tempt |
| refer to it as a style of antiqued furniture. Chesterfield | | | | to you to snuggle up in a living room of a cottage. |