Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Furnishings (hierarchy name)
5. furnishings (works)
6. [furnishings by form or function]
7. furniture
8. [furniture by form or function]
9. seating furniture
10. multiple-seating furniture

Narrower term/s

• canapés (elegant sofas)[+]
  • canapés à confident
  • marquises (settees) [NP]
  • canapés à corbeille
• bornes
• cabriole sofas
• confidantes
• sofa beds[+]
  • davenports (sofas)
• chesterfields (overstuffed sofas)
• boudeusses
• veilleuses (furniture)
• reading sofas

Anotations

Scope note:

Long, upholstered seating objects with a back and two ends, and primarily used for sitting rather than reclining. Distinct from "couches (reclining furniture)" which have a back support and one end and are primarily used for reclining rather than sitting. The term "sofa" was first used in France at the end of the 17th century as an alternative for canapé. The terms sofa and settee are virtually interchangeable in 20th-century usage but there is a distinction between the two; a sofa is generally completely upholstered.