ieve, loveseats were not invented so that 2 lovebirds could comfortably sit close to one another and consequently gaze into the eyes of each other. Instead, the invention was aimed at helping women sit and arrange their fashionable gowns in a comfortable manner. This is because the dresses women wore in the 17th as well as the 18th centuries involved a significant quantity of fabric and hoops.
The loveseat’s extra wide seat was designed to accommodate one woman and her dress. Furthermore, they had armrests and high backs incorporated to them. This type of sofas was primarily designed with fashion in mind rather than comfort. The size of loveseats grew as the seating craze caught on and this saw manufacturers increase the size to accommodate 2-3 people.
Fresh ideas for living room fashion have altered the loveseat into the form it has adopted today. Despite the fact that a significant number of loveseats are still made from fabric and wood, many modern ones utilize metal instead of wood for both the legs and frame. And loveseats are available in an array of upholstery like cotton, vinyl, twill, corduroy, leather and microfibre.
The addition of upholstery has the effect of changing the look and feel of a whole room. It revolves around style and comfort. Upholstery got its beginnings early with society’s upper classes. Skills in upholstery consequently spread throughout Europe’s tradesmen and mechanization and technology allowed it to thrive. The same happened in Italy and Europe. Upholstered seats were a rare find until sometime in the 17th century when only the wealthy had access to them. The first armchair that was fully upholstered was seen in 1705, characterized by wool moreen and silk damask. Upholstery cleaning in those days must have been a delicate and difficult task.
The Age of the Designer saw upholstery being heavily integrated into the furniture making process. The steam powered engine and steel coil spring were the 2 main inventions that lead to modern style being popularised and dropping all its associations with specific groups of people. Afterwards, upholstery began to increasingly become the buyer’s choice because of the availability of different fabrics and individual shops springing up to promote variation.
Sofas and armchairs were revolutionized with the use of moulded fibre glass, moulded foam cores, plywood and bent steel. Modern designs have seen the creation of several iconic custom textiles that are still heavily used.
In conclusion, through quite a journey sofas, settees, armchairs, couches and upholstery developed over the years have become what we recognise today.
Modern beds come in different forms, shapes, and varieties, offering a far greater level of comfort than has ever been obtainable in the past.
Since the beginning of time, man has been known to look for various way to make life more comfortable for himself; and one of the most urgent of these includes getting a good place to sleep after a hard day’s work. The earliest humans are likely to have made use of a collection of grasses, or straw as beds, where they could safely lay down and sleep.
Conversely, the bed in modern day terms can be regarded as a complete furniture unit, which includes the mattress, where one can relax in comfort. As civilization and technology advanced, so did the desire to exploit a better and more suitable material to sleep on and get a good night’s sleep.
This has taken us from the era of having to sleep on grasses to that of having a huge choice of different types of beds such as sprung beds, divans, air beds, waterbeds, memory mattresses, etc.
The modern-day bed has gone through many transformations and taken thousands of years to become what it is today.
The Neolithic Period, also known as the New Stone Age period: The history of beds cannot be said to be complete without making adequate reference to what it occurred during this time. This era spans a period of 6,000 years between 9,000 B.C and 3,000 B.C. Men at this time were known to use straw, and grasses to make beddings for themselves. This offered them