davenportn.1
/ˈdav(ə)npɔːt/ A kind of small ornamental writing-table or escritoire fitted with drawers, etc. Remembered in 1845.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > writing table
writing tablea1613
davenport1853
1853 Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. 6 212 This very elegant and convenient desk is similar to an ordinary Devonport.
1875 Argosy May 329 At her davenport, pen in hand, sat her ladyship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
Davenportn.2
Used to designate china, earthenware, etc., made by the Davenport family at Longport, Staffordshire, between 1793 and 1882.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery > by other named persons
Davenport1863
Elers ware1869
Spode1869
Doulton1890
Ridgway1892
Martinware1897
Moorcroft1910
Mason1911
Moorcroft1975
1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 2 The largest Potteries known, being Wedgewood's, Etruria;..Davenport's, Longport; Minton's, Stoke.]
1863 W. Chaffers Marks & Monograms Pottery & Porcelain 124 Davenport Stone China. Staffordshire. Longport.
1872 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 156 We got nothing but a ‘Davenport’ plate.
1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 106 A bowl..marked with an anchor, this we thought at first was Chelsea, but know since that it is Davenport.
1954 G. Savage Porcelain ii. viii. 270 Much nineteenth-century Davenport porcelain survives.
1954 G. Savage Porcelain ii. viii. 270 Two Davenport plaques painted in the manner of Birkett Foster.
1965 A. Christie At Bertram's Hotel i. 10 The china, if not actually Rockingham and Davenport, looked like it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
Davenportn.3
North American.
A type of large, upholstered couch or sofa which may be convertible into a bed. Frequently attributive. Cf. Chesterfield n. 2.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > other sofas or couches
bed-loft1606
Persian bed1654
divana1701
bergère1762
stibadium1840
deacon-seat1851
tuxedo sofa1895
Davenport1897
Chesterfield1900
Madame Récamier1923
Récamier1923
contour couch1952
incliner1978
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [adjective] > other sofas or couches
Récamier couch1895
Davenport1897
1897 Washington Post 31 Oct. 2/5 (advt.) Davenport sofa, green color.
1898 Amer. Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer 1 Jan. 13/1 Dealers are receiving neatly printed cards reminding them that the entire new line of couches,..Davenports, Turkish sofas and oriental divans of the Jamestown Lounge Co., will be on exhibition..during January.
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Apr. 4/4 (advt.) Davenport sofas, upholstered in Spanish leather, solid quarter cut oak, Early English finish or fumed oak $55.
1957 J. Agee Death in Family ii. 242 They slept on the brand-new davenport in the sitting room.
1981 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 June 10/2 There used to be a split on davenport and sofa; now the split is between sofa and couch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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