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Definition of Settees
1. settee [n] - See also: settee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Settees
Literary usage of Settees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"VIII settees, COUCH ES, AND SOFAS THE words settee and sofa have often been used
interchangeably, and there seems to have been no uniformity in their use, ..."
2. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"The settees are 43" high," wide and 21" deep/" This furniture is a great favorite
with the members and it receive-- hea\\ wear during the biannual meetings ..."
3. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"The settees are 43" high," wide and 21" deep.20 This furniture is a great favorite
with the members and it receives heavy wear during the biannual meetings ..."
4. Annual Report (1903)
"settees and Tables. During the winter and early spring all of the Park settees
and tables were repaired and repainted and the Shelter building at the Three ..."
5. Practical Illustrations of the Principles of School Architecture by Henry Barnard (1851)
"Such settees are well adapted for recitation-rooms, the walls of school-rooms,
for the accommodation of visitors, or for any position where permanent ..."
6. School Architecture: Or, Contributions to the Improvement of School-houses by Henry Barnard (1855)
"Such settees are well adapted for recitation-rooms, the walls of school-rooms,
for the accommodation of visitors, or for any position where permanent ..."
7. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"For this reason the Jacobean settees are for greater part of walnut. The William
and Mary period settees found the double chair back in favor, ..."
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