Editing Couch (section)

== Types ==
[[File:Loriots Sofa.JPG|thumb|[[Vicco von Bülow|Loriot's]] sofa at the [[Deutsche Kinemathek]] museum, 2012]]
[[File:Wedding Couch.jpg|thumb|left|Wedding Couch, Asansol, West Bengal, India]]
The most common types of couches include the two-seater, sometimes referred to as a loveseat, and the sofa. The loveseat is designed for seating two people, while the sofa has more than two cushion seats. A sectional sofa, often just referred to as a "sectional", is formed from multiple sections (typically two, three, or four) and usually includes at least two pieces which join at an angle of 90 degrees or slightly greater. Sectional sofas are used to wrap around walls or other furniture.

Other variants include the [[divan (furniture)|divan]], the [[fainting couch]] (backless or partial-backed) and the canapé (an ornamental three-seater). To conserve space, some sofas double as [[bed (furniture)|beds]] in the form of [[sofa bed]]s, [[daybed]]s, or [[futon]]s.

[[File:Kubus sofa.jpg|thumb|A Kubus sofa by [[Josef Hoffmann]] (1910)]]

A furniture set consisting of a sofa with two matching [[chair]]s<ref>{{cite web |url= http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/three-piece-suite?q=three-piece+suite |title=Three-piece-suite |publisher=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |access-date=2012-05-12}}</ref> is known as a "chesterfield suite"<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thefreedictionary.com/couch |title= Chesterfield suite |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=2012-05-12}}</ref> or "living-room suite".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/living-room-suite?q=living+room+suite |title=Living room suite |publisher=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |access-date=2012-05-12}}</ref> In the UK, the word ''chesterfield'' was used to refer to any couch in the 1900s. A chesterfield now describes a deep buttoned sofa, usually made from leather, with arms and back of the same height. The first chesterfield, with its distinctive deep buttoned, quilted (or "tufted"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Olin |date=2022-07-24 |title=What is the purpose of tufting? |url=https://www.remodelormove.com/what-is-the-purpose-of-tufting/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.remodelormove.com |language=en-us}}</ref>) leather upholstery and lower seat base, was commissioned by [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]] (1694–1773).