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Chaise Longues are luxurious pieces of furniture, originally used as ornamental items and as a day bed where the lady of the house could take a quick nap in the afternoon. The only way to get comfortable on a chaise longue is to lie back on it. It is said that Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame, would settle back in his chaise longue at his home in Goldeneye, Jamaica to dream up his stories.
A chaise longue usually measures around 6ft, so there is plenty of room to stretch out. Victorian chaises have a shapely serpentine shape and Regency couches are recognised by their attractive carved scroll ends. Both are the epitemy of elegance, and with a bolster cushion tucked under your neck you’re ready to kick off your shoes and settle back. Nowadays, the antique chaise longue is more often used as a decorative piece, with the modern soft sofa being preferred for the afternoon siesta.
Some people think wine has only been popular in Britain in recent years, but that is definitely not so. There was serious drinking at Regency dinner parties when the ladies had retired to the drawing room to drink tea and the servants would bring decanters of wine, port and sherry for the gentlemen. Keeping the wines cool was not easy in a room with a blazing fire and lit by dozens of candles. The most simple solution was using a pair of elegant ice buckets, but during large parties and balls they would have used a wooden wine cooler, which could hold a number of bottles and could be stowed away under the table.