A Brief History Of Leather Couches

A Brief History Of Leather Couches

Leather couches are a trend of the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries, and serves both comfort and style.

The leather couch in general is an article of furniture providing the area for two or three people and has armrests and sometimes accompanying pillows. Commonly flanked by two extinguish tables and fronted by a coffee table, the couch is the central portion of the room in which it is placed, usually the living room or den. Leather couches are typically made from cushions sewn over with sheets of leather or suede, a tougher, courser earn of leather.

Many different types of couches exist: divan, chaise lounge, canape’, sofa-bed, and the two-person loveseat. These are renowned by style as well as purpose, but all are for comfort and style, impartial like the leather couch.

History of the Leather Couch

Originally the throne of an Arabian ruler during the Age of Antiquity, the couch was essentially found in only the homes of elitists. Leather couches, per se, didn’t exist at that time, but the style and comfort that leather couches would back as a place symbol was considered at that time as well. The wealthier men in ragged Roman society customary to lounge attend on the couches while the women rested in regular chairs.

It wasn’t until the Age of Industrialization in the tedious nineteenth century that couches were introduced into lower- and middle-class homes. The comfort with which the couch had so long been associated was no longer outlandish to the upper-class. As a matter of fact, a leather couch would be expected in every household; without it, the home would seem empty, incomplete, bland, and even lacking in comfort.

In unusual times, the couch is central in family life, such as at TV time and social gatherings or parties. The leather couch itself actually turned into a trend during the 1960s through a preference to leather and leather products, such as clothes, and became the “in” thing. It was as if one wasn’t “with it” unless a leather couch was in that person’s house. With the “funky” furniture styles of the 1970s, such as beanbags and lava lamps, leather couches were almost a necessity. Nowadays, leather couches are popular and even celebrated, both because of style and comfort, not to mention the image one gains by having one.

Leather couches have become an ongoing trend that every home or office naturally acquires. Most doctors’ offices have leather couches now. Society and the fashion world have become obsessed with the scrutinize and feel of leather, and almost to the point of neuroticism. They scrutinize frosty, they feel substantial, they create one seem bright and chic, and they’re easy to spruce. Leather couches, like all things leather, are here to cease!