Canapé (furniture) Frequently matching chairs were made to go with it. Precious hardwoods such as walnut, cherry, and mahogany were often used in its construction. Currently the term is used in world furniture design and retail as a variation on "sofa", except when antiques or reproductions of 18th century designs are concerned. Canapé (furniture) A canapé is a piece of furniture similar to a couch, and is meant to describe an elegant sofa made out of elaborately carved wood with wooden legs, and upholstered seats, back, and armrests that seats three, that emerged from France in the 18th century. A style created
Century type family copied by Linotype, Intertype, and Monotype. As oldstyle faces gained in popularity during the photo-comp era, "Century Oldstyle" was copied more widely then than during the hot type era. Copies were made under following names: "Century Catalogue" (as spelled in ATF specimen books) had a lower x-height than "Century Expanded" but, despite longer ascenders, adheres to the same general design. "Century Catalogue Italic" is basically a re-working of "Baskerville Italic", only the A, V and W being different. Both were designed by M.F. Benton and released by A.T.F. in 1917. As far as is known, "Century Catalogue" was never copied