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WINDOW SEAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 713 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WINDOW SEAT , a See also:

miniature See also:sofa without a back, intended to fill the See also:recess of a window. In the latter See also:part of the 18th See also:century, when tall narrow See also:sash windows were almost universal, the window ,seat was in high favour, and was no doubt in keeping with theformalism of Georgian interiors. It differed much in decorative detail, but little in See also:form. It stood as high from the See also:floor as a See also:chair; the two ends were identical, with a See also:roll-over See also:curve, more or less pronounced. The seats and ends were usually upholstered in See also:rich fabrics which in many cases have remained intact. The legs followed the See also:fashion in chairs and were square and tapered, or, somewhat later, See also:round and needed. See also:Hepplewhite and the See also:brothers See also:Adam designed many graceful window seats, but they were produced by all the See also:cabinet-makers of the See also:period.

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