I was raised in Indiana. My dad also referred to our couch as a davenport.
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It’s a generation thing, not an Indiana thing. My grandparents did too
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Yes. I think the manufacturer was actually from New England somewhere.
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correct
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I think they made more than sofas though. The might have made like high quality furniture like desks and so forth. But I could be wrong. I was just a kid. But I think a friend of ours had a very finely crafted desk that might have been a Davenport.
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correct again. I have a hutch made by A.H. Davenport and Co . Was in serious disrepair and neglect when I stumbled on it. Labor of love to restore it.
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You still have it? That's great.
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for a while yes. It will eventually get passed down to the next generation
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If you meet someone who calls it a "Chesterfield" youre talking to someone from Canada.
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Only if you drive a Daven.
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If you drive a Daven, it is.
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My name is Davenport and as a kid I was always teased about being Couch!
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I agree. That is term I knew of first while growing up in Midwest.
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When I was very young, it was a "divan."
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Then there is Davenport Iowa lol
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I thought for years in grammar school reciting the Pledge each morning: which it stands was ..... Richard Stands!
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handbag vs purse vs bag
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Wikipedia: Davenport was the name of a series of sofas made by the Massachusetts furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company, now defunct. Due to the popularity of the furniture at the time, the name davenport became a genericized trademark.
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So you're driving a new Daven?
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Davenport is a city in Iowa!
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