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Chesterfield sofa was a simple name placed on sofas throughout all the 1900s especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. The origin of the name has been debated. Some thought that the Chesterfield was named for the Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Phillip Stanhope, who couch with led lights  ordered a piece of elegant but comfortable furniture at some point in the 18th Century. Stanhope’s requirements apparently resulted in the production of a sofa upholstered in generously buttoned, quilted leather, and with arms and back equal in height. Another theory is that the sofa style was named for a town in Derbyshire, England. Others believe the definition of identifies the buttoning, the shape of the trunk, or the height of the sofa seat. Wherever the name originated from, it had been in wide use in the United States and Canada before later area of the 20th Century.

While leather might be seen as the standard for the Chesterfield, in the Victorian era the Chesterfield sofa became popular but leather did not always suit their taste. Due to this, it had been the very first sofa to be completed covered in upholstery and in a wide selection of fabrics. Metal coiled springs were first used on the Chesterfield in the 1830s. Comfort remained important therefore the springs were padded with horsehair topped with wadding.

While the Chesterfield sofa has remained a desirable kind of furniture for a lot more than 200 years, its price often made it out of reach of all people. It’s changed in recent years. Currently, Chesterfield sofas can be found at many price levels and in a vast array of covers. Fortunately the high-end epitome of luxury, the leather Chesterfield, still remains. People will always want quality and luxurious materials within their furniture therefore the Chesterfield sofa will probably continue for quite some time to come.