tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1246129163829322829..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The Chaise LongueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86053721884167946482018-05-08T19:35:38.200-04:002018-05-08T19:35:38.200-04:00Called a chaise longue here in Canada--must be the...Called a chaise longue here in Canada--must be the combination of British and French influence. My grandmother used to take a nap after lunch at our summer cottage on a chaise longue under the pines. It was a grand name for a piece of folding lawn furniture!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550076661380685327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-76841775821282445842018-05-08T11:32:11.181-04:002018-05-08T11:32:11.181-04:00It seems funny that we should come up with a reaso...It seems funny that we should come up with a reason as to why they existed at all. Need I explain why a Lazy Boy reclining chair is in my house? It's comfortable, and if it happens to be leather, then it looks nicer. I wonder what the explanation of those will be in 200 years! Maybe they will be described as, "a chair for falling asleep, after one had an overindulgent snack in front of the television." A chaise longue is a comfortable type of furniture that is stylish. That seems to be the only explanation necessary. And let's face it, reclining in a slouchy way on a regular sofa is impossible in a corset.Michaelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892233238987056062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-53631888980209359352018-05-08T05:11:45.362-04:002018-05-08T05:11:45.362-04:00In 'Barchester Towers', one of the charact...In 'Barchester Towers', one of the characters is a morally suspect beauty, Madame Neroni, who has a damaged hip. <i><br />" She was a basilisk from whom an ardent lover of beauty could make no escape. Her nose and mouth and teeth and chin and neck and bust were perfect, much more so at twenty-eight than they had been at eighteen. What wonder that with such charms still glowing in her face, and with such deformity destroying her figure, she should resolve to be seen, but only to be seen reclining on a sofa."<br /></i><br />At one point, she attends a party, and "she...sent a servant beforehand to learn whether it was a right- or a left-hand sofa, for it required that she should dress accordingly, particularly as regarded her bracelets."<br /><br />So it seems as if, at least indirectly, Trollope is suggesting a chaise longue is a slightly decadent piece of furniture. Is it the link with Mme Recamier that's caused that, I wonder? Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593853562772898834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-66132527270958325532018-05-07T18:04:41.207-04:002018-05-07T18:04:41.207-04:00I like a short nap in the afternoons but I don’t w...I like a short nap in the afternoons but I don’t want to do it on my bed where I’ll fall into a coma and sleep for hours. The chaise longue seems to be the perfect device for cat naps and I’ve always wondered if that was its original purpose. A napper could lay down on their side or back and have a quick refreshing nap without wrinkling their clothing. Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124636214096825169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29737273698628671892018-05-07T12:49:48.393-04:002018-05-07T12:49:48.393-04:00Amelia—
:-DAmelia—<br />:-DLoretta Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170060214285828433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24436168575572734562018-05-07T12:43:50.049-04:002018-05-07T12:43:50.049-04:00In many ancient cultures, including the Egyptians ...In many ancient cultures, including the Egyptians and Romans, only the nobility and well-to-do reclined while eating. That's why on Passover, one of the Four Questions, which are the key to the celebration, is, "On all other nights, we eat either sitting or reclining. Why on this night do we all recline?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673593290271123532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-44131890941527919812018-05-07T12:35:48.494-04:002018-05-07T12:35:48.494-04:00My French professor always said "pas de Mme. ...My French professor always said "pas de Mme. Recamier" if we put our feet on a chair in classAmeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367007863059282961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-25572220254880292462018-05-07T10:17:06.046-04:002018-05-07T10:17:06.046-04:00Thank you, ladies, for calling it a chaise longue ...Thank you, ladies, for calling it a chaise longue in the proper way. Chaise longue is a french name for this item of furniture (translated - long chair), so LOUNGE is a misspelling. One wouldn't call a bergere a berger or a fauteuil a fauxtoy, so why misspell longue? <br />Having been a docent for years and years at many museum sites, it slays me sometimes what comes out of the mouths of guides. One could write a book, and I've heard some doozies. One of the ongoing names, "fainting couch" really gets me going. The theory being that women kept them to faint on when their stays were laced, as though it were a daily occurrence. How silly. <br />The three piece "chaise longue" you mention is actually a duchesse brisée, a beautiful and versatile furniture form that can be used as a chaise or two chaises and a stool, depending upon the need. <br />Thanks again for focusing on this chair type, and clearing up a lot of misinformation. Love it!Cynthia Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550592770287010816noreply@blogger.com