SvitHome Explanatory Dictionary: Canapes, Couches, Chaise longues and recamier

КАНАПЕ́

obsolete French noun, neuter. Canapes is a sofa with a raised head, sofa. // Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

And even though I am now lying on the canap, everything seems to me, as if in a shaky run across the frozen arable land I rush on a cart. // A.S. Pushkin, «House in Kolomna»

КАНАПЕ́

a kind of long and wide armchairs, on which several people can sit next to. It is usually upholstered with black leather, gold, with scarlet or silk any matter, placed in the chambers for the parade and is sometimes used for relaxation. // Historical Dictionary of Russian Gallicisms

КАНАПЕ́

originally a soft bench, kind of sofa. Well, don't forget, that the same word began to be called to all the well-known small sandwiches, toasted bread (black or white) with blush, hard crust (a kind of hard bench), on which they began to impose no longer a layer of oil (like ordinary sandwiches), and a thick layer of some soft, edible substance — eg, шпрот, sardines, pate, boiled chicken, hot smoked fish, with the addition of fresh, soft vegetables — slices or slices of cucumber, tomato, celery leaf, dill sprigs, Flevens of onions. // Culinary Dictionary

In the middle of a fairly large room, there were three narrow leather canapes with low backs, slightly arched., and sloping armrests, yes in the middle there is a high blue table made of smoky quartz on three thin legs. // E. Aseeva, "Flight over the horizon"

The lieutenant's furnishings were rather unpretentious.: there were several simple, red painted armchairs, upholstered in black leather, the same hard canapes and bed, constructed of ancestral featherbeds and pillows, arranged on trestles of plain white wood. // E. Karnovich, "Love and the Crown"

There was a beautiful canapé in the vest room, long and wide: one person could place on it no less conveniently, than on the bed. // Michelle Zewaco, "Yard of Miracles"

COUCH

noun feminine and again of French origin — couchette, from coucher to lie. Means the word this — reclining sofa or extended armchair. // A.N. Chudinov, Dictionary of foreign words, included in the Russian language

small sofa with headboard, but no back. // Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

sofa, bedding // Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

Look with what intelligence these Couches are made, armchairs a la Voltaire and beds, of which bends, curvature and flatness are attributed to medicine itself, which prescribes a little sleep or sitting after dinner. // N.I.. Strakhov, "My St. Petersburg Twilight", 1810 year

On the walls <theater> upholstered sofas in red casimir, and in the middle are low, luxurious kushers. // P.P.. Svinin "Notes of the Fatherland", 1817 year

The set consisted of 4 sofas, 2 couches, 8 armchairs, 4 chairs, 4 tables. // AND. Kuchumov, "Pavlovsk Palace"

All the furniture in this room: sofa, chairs, stools and couches upholstered in white Chinese satin // Assumption Palaces

Couch-ottoman with movable music stands and 2 table. in oriental taste. // All-Russian Manufacturing Exhibition, 1870 year

She < Zinaida Grigorievna> lying on a long couch, miniature, barely noticeable under the thrown shawls and satin «foot cover» with a huge monogram embroidered in the middle under the princely crown. Pale pink flannel blouse, richly decorated with Russian lace, and cap » Angot» with ribbons of the same color made up the entire visible part of her outfit. // D. M. Poznyak, Queen's Pearl

Everyone sat down on couches and chaise longues, tucking legs. // AND. Verbitskaya "Zeitgeist"

COUCH-RIVER

short couch with high, smoothly curved headboard. Such a couch is depicted in the portrait of Madame Recamier by F. Gerara (1800), thanks to which this type of couches, actually got its name. By the way, Madame Racamier was known as a great fashionista and trendsetter of its time, and therefore everything, what appeared next to her or on her: dresses, hairstyles, jewelry - certainly became popular throughout Paris of her time and, as you can see, something is still alive.

Portrait of Madame Récamier by Jacques-Louis David (1800, Louvre)

KOSETKA

feminine noun, of course, French origin - causette — Faire un brin de causette chat. Double sofa, couch. // Historical Dictionary of Russian Gallicisms.

— Relax here, — whispered mask, sitting on the deceased, decorated with flowers kozet.// M. Zagoskin "Askold's grave", 1838 year

In the middle of the room were chaise longues covered with damask. // AND A. Goncharov "Frigate «Pallas»»

On the tracks in a row, how do they sit on chaise longues, sat two little creatures. // N.S.. Leskov "Soboryane"

Козетка at the feet of my beautiful <at the feet of my darling>. The princess, tired of the hustle and bustle of the day, rested on the chaise longue aux pieds de ma belle and died away in the sweet anticipation of the excitement that awaited her, then carried away into the past, then it was carried away to its bright, proud future. // M.K. Iogel "Between Eternity and Minute"