Have you ever come to think of the background history of that little masterpiece placed in your living room? Let’s go down the memory lane to find out the Chesterfield Sofa Origin. If you search on internet there are many diverse accounts about the history of Chesterfield sofas, and there’s no definite answer to this question yet. Following are some of the most popular accounts about the Chesterfield sofa origin.
The most popular belief or account of the Chesterfield Sofa Origin is believed to date back to 1694, the time of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Phillip Stanhope, was the 4th Earl of Chesterfield and a story has it that it was him who ordered the first ever chesterfield couch made purely of leather. The main characteristics of the first Chesterfield sofa were its unique deep buttoned model and, covered leather upholstery. The base of the first chesterfield sofa was low seat.
Another popular account regarding the Chesterfield Sofa origin has it that Chesterfield word refers to any couch or a sofa especially the one with deep buttons and made entirely of leather. So the term Chesterfield was coined then and become commonplace when at the end of century Americans as well as Canadians. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term Chesterfield was used back in 1900’s to refer to a leather couch with deep buttoned model.
According to some the first ever seat furniture big enough to accommodate two or more people was come to be known as settle, settle has a history that dates back to c1500. The Settle was further improved on in 17th century when wood was introduced in it along with button down model, and gradually people started referring to it as Chesterfield sofa. So these were some accounts related to the Chesterfield Origin, but it is not yet clear which account is true.
