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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 1675866, member: 85&quot;]So I wasn&#039;t sure what the difference was between a chaise lounge and a fainting couch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both definitions from Wiki</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Fainting couch</b></p><p>A fainting couch is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch" rel="nofollow">couch</a> with a back that is traditionally raised at one end. The back may be situated completely at one side of the couch, or may wrap around and extend the entire length of the piece much like a traditional couch. However, fainting couches are easily differentiated from more traditional couches, having one end of the back raised.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fainting couches were popular in the 19th century, and were particularly used by women.&nbsp; Some houses would take this to the level of having separate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_room" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_room" rel="nofollow">fainting rooms</a>, where these couches would be the featured furniture.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Chaise Lounge</b></p><p>A chaise longue, (&quot;long chair&quot;) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upholster" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upholster" rel="nofollow">upholstered</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch" rel="nofollow">sofa</a> in the shape of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair" rel="nofollow">chair</a> that is long enough to support the legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>In modern French the term <i>chaise longue</i> can refer to any long reclining chair such as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deckchair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deckchair" rel="nofollow">deckchair</a>. A literal translation in English is &quot;long chair&quot;. In the United States the term <i>lounge chair</i> is also used to refer to any long reclining chair. In the United States, <i>chaise longue</i> is often written &quot;<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chaise_lounge" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chaise_lounge" rel="nofollow">chaise lounge</a>&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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