Chaise longue

In modern French, the term chaise longue refers to any long reclining chair, such as a deckchair.

They were created by French furniture craftsmen for the rich to rest without the need to retire to the bedroom.

[citation needed] It was during the Rococo period that the chaise longue became the symbol of social status and only the rarest and most expensive materials were used in their construction.

They are often used to complement a home's décor, such as living or reading rooms, or as stylish boudoir chairs for bedroom seating.

The chaise longue is commonly used as visual shorthand to suggest a generic psychotherapist's office in cartoons and other works.

A chaise longue sofa
An 18th-century rococo chaise longue
A late 19th-century chaise longue
Sigmund Freud's chaise longue at the Freud Museum