Gold Knole Settees, 20th Century

• Knole Settee - A Knole settee is a settee with a high back and hinged arms which can be adjusted so they are upright, on an angle, or lying flat, in which position it becomes a daybed. It was named after a settee of this design made for Knole, a palace near Sevenoaks, Kent c 1605-20. The style became popular again amongst the well-to-do in the 1920s and 1930s.

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• furniture, period or style - Knole style settees 7
• settees and sofas - other 131