While chairs wide enough to seat multiple people are not a novel concept, wide upholstered chairs intended for one person became popular towards the end of the 18th century to accommodate the wider dresses in fashion then, and these began to be marketed and sold as "loveseats" in the early 19th century. The tête-à-tête style loveseat became popular in the Victorian era, and the design may have initially arisen in France.
Straight-fronted two-seaters or loveseats File:Canapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielenski, from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier' MET DP830899.jpg|French two-seater seettee, Paris, 1735, print,
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Giles grendey, divanetto, londra 1740-50 ca.jpg|British two-seater, London, 1740/1750,
Cincinnati Art Museum. File:Mobiliário artístico - Sophá causeuse (Zeferino José Pinto).jpg|
Confidante, two-seater with triangular seats at either end, before 1897, rococo revival style, Portugal.
S-shaped two-seaters or tête-à-tête seats Image:Love_seat - garden furniture cropped.jpg|Tête-à-tête garden seats. Image:Sofa dali.jpg|A contemporary tête-à-tête sofa. == See also ==