A couch, sofa, or loveseat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top
English politician and writer best known for Letters to His Son (1774), which portrays the ideal 18th-century gentleman. a soft comfortable sofa, usually covered with leather (Probably from a 19th-century Earl of Chesterfield, family of English lords)
lauded by Thomson in his Winter is the fourth earl, author of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son (1694-1773) Chesterfield House (London) was built by Isaac Ware for Philip, fourth earl of Chesterfield (See above )
{i} man's overcoat (trimmed with velvet); Canadian term for sofa or couch; large padded couch
men's single-breasted, fly-front coat with notched lapel and velvet collar; named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)