Couch
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A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, lounge or chesterfield is an
item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one
person.
Couches are usually to be found in the living room or the lounge.
They come in a variety of textiles and in leather. A typical couch
seats two to three people and has an armrest on either side. Many
different types of couch exist: popular types include the divan, the
chaise longue, the canapé or the ottoman. Also, to save space, some
sofas double as beds (sofa-bed, daybed or futon).There are other
types, including two-seater, three-seater, corner and chaise longue.
A smaller version of the couch which may only comfortably seat two
people is more commonly known as a loveseat.
A three-piece suite is composed of three couch pieces (generally, a
two- or three-seater and two armchairs). |
The couch was originally an Arabian ruler's throne and has existed
since antiquity. In Roman society the couch was found in the dining
room, known as the 'triclinum'. Three couches would be arranged
around a low table and the men would recline while eating (but the
women sat in normal chairs).
Originally it was an elitist piece of furniture and it was not until
industrialization that the couch became an indispensable item of
furniture in middle and lower class households. Throughout its
history it has often been an object of derision, considered a
variety of things from decadent to conformist.
The couch is often associated with Freudian psychoanalysis. Freud
originally used the couch as a tool to aid his hypnosis of the
patient. However when he moved on from hypnosis to
stream-of-consciousness discourse as his dominant mode of analysis
with the development of the interpretation of dreams, he still held
on to the couch. He justified this with the need to limit the
transference between psychoanalyst and analyzed. Thus, the couch
proved particularly useful because it limits the visibility of the
analyst.
Today the couch is invariably linked to both domestic family life
and television culture. It is often positioned in relation to the
television set in a living room and for siesta. It has spawned
social phenomena such as the couch potato, a person who spends a lot
of time watching the television. The couch has also become the
central prop for many TV sitcoms and soap operas. This symbiosis,
through which the couch has shifted from the private to the public
sphere, has been satirically depicted in popular culture, in
television series such as Married... with Children, The Simpsons and
Beavis and Butt-head. |
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