Chesterfield Lyons: Where Does The Term Chesterfield Come From?
posted by hapernfa 9 days ago under chesterfield lyons, chesterfield lyons-where does the term chesterfie, chesterfield lyons-east chesterfield christian ch
According to Carver in American Regional Dialects the term appears to have come into use in Canada around 1903 and in Northern California about the same time. The Journal of the Canadian Linguistics Association notes chesterfield seems to be in general use throughout Canada, though the usual American sofa is also known and used . Almost everywhere in the U.S chesterfields are cigarettes and nothing more. Here in England, a davenport couch was sometimes referred to as a chesterfield but this is obsolete.
In present day England a Chesterfield is now generally accepted to mean a deep buttoned leather sofa with arms that are of the same height as the back of the couch. Only the original chesterfield company makes chesterfields the old fashioned way, we don't cut corners and wherever possible use traditional methods in our factory. We would like a definitive answer to the origins of the Chesterfield sofa, can you help? » Chesterfield Lyons: Where Does The Term Chesterfield Come From? |
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