http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_%28sofa%29

Davenport is the name of a series of sofas manufactured by the now-defunct A.H. Davenport Company. Due to the popularity of the furniture at the time, the name "Davenport" has become a genericized trademark and is often used as a synonym for "sofa", especially in the Midwestern United States and in Northern New York State, in the Adirondack Region and on the western flank of that region in the Tughill Plateau, in villages such as Camden, and especially amongst those born there before World War II. As it happens, the so-called Davenports of that region are often locally made sofa versions of the locally manufactured convertible Adirondack Chair. Metaphorically speaking, "Davenport" is like "Kleenex" or "Dockers".


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emm said:

for all those who don't know what a chesterfield is...
i have a couch, but my parents have a chesterfield.
not white though!

I have a sleeper sofa. Keep meaning to get rid of the durn thing. It's murder to lift, when moving.

Anxiety said:

I love you Chris!

i had to get rid of my bachelor pad sofa when i moved this year. the time had come for the poor old thing to go to sleeper sofa heaven anyway.

Anxiety said:

She was an oldie, but goodie.

emm said:

for all those who don't know what a chesterfield is...
i have a couch, but my parents have a chesterfield.
not white though!

I actually have a leather sofa called a Davenport. I converts into a double bed...kinda like a futon but with full sofa arms and not as flimsy. I love it.

INSATIABLE said:

sure. my grandparents used to call their couch a davenport. i think a lot of old people call their couches and sofas "davenports". i don't know what that's all about. i'm just trying to be inclusive.

Anxiety said:

My grandmother did too, and I personally appreciate the effort to bring it back to the public lexicon. Let it forth be known 'round the country as "davenport"!!

Anxiety said:

My grandmother did too, and I personally appreciate the effort to bring it back to the public lexicon. Let it forth be known 'round the country as "davenport"!!

CarrieMpls said:

Did you just dub furniture?

ThreadBare said:

I think I did.

CarrieMpls said:

you furniture dubber.

Anxiety said:

you word bringer-backer.

Imago said:

but seriously, i think i'm going to finally break down and buy photoshop next year when i get my tax return.

CarrieMpls said:

i grew up just accepting the fact that we had a couch in our house but our grandparents had a similar looking piece of furniture but it was a davenport. i didn't question it. i figured the grown-ups knew what they were talking about.

emm said:

for all those who don't know what a chesterfield is...
i have a couch, but my parents have a chesterfield.
not white though!

INSATIABLE said:

sure. my grandparents used to call their couch a davenport. i think a lot of old people call their couches and sofas "davenports". i don't know what that's all about. i'm just trying to be inclusive.

INSATIABLE said:

sure. my grandparents used to call their couch a davenport.

I refuse to participate!