ʻOiaiʻaʻole i lohe iki i kēia mau lā, hiki i ka hua'ōlelo "davenport" ke nānā aku i nā'āpana likeʻole e piliʻoleʻia: heʻano o ka sofa aiʻole kekahiʻano papa.
ʻO Davenport, ka Sofa
ʻO ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka hua'ōlelo "Davenport" no ka sofa i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 1900, i ka wā i hoʻokumuʻia ai ka Cambridge, Massachusetts, ka mea hana waiwai mea hana AH Davenport Co. i kahi boxy sofa, i kēia manawa hoʻomaha. Hiki i ka hua'ōlelo ke kuhikuhi i ka moe moe . Ua lilo kēiaʻano sofa i ka huhū nui, a ua hoʻohanaʻia ka hua'ōlelo "davenport" no kekahi manawa ma keʻano he manawa lōʻihi no kekahi sofa, ma keʻano like nō me ka inoa inoaʻo Kleenex i like pū me nā mea lehu.
ʻAʻole i hoʻohana nuiʻia ka hua'ōlelo hua'ōlelo ma kēia lā ma waho o ka'āina, kahi i kaupalenaʻia ai ka hoʻohanaʻana ma keʻano he synonym for "couch." Ma nā wahi o Midwest, maʻana, a me ka Adirondack'āina, hiki i nā poʻe kahiko ke hoʻohana i ka manawa e kuhikuhi i kahi moe. Ma kekahi mau māhele o ka'āina, pili ka wā i kekahiʻano moe moe a iʻole ka moe hoʻonanea me nā mea hoʻolālā mālama i kona kumu.
ʻO ka lā Davenport kekahi o nā mea hana waiwai nui oʻAmelika i ka hopena o ka makahiki 19 a me ka hoʻomakaʻana o nā haneli 20. Hanaʻia ka hui i nā meaʻenehana maʻamau a ua hui pūʻia me nā mea haku mea kaulana loa e like me HH Richardson a me Stanford White e hana i nā mea i loko. Ua hoʻokumuʻo Davenport Co. i nā'āpana hana i hanaʻia no ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Halemaʻa o 1902; ke Kōmike Hoʻokolokolo Kū'ē o New York; ka John J. Glessner House ma Chicago; ka Hale George Eastman ma Rochester, Niu Ioka; ka James J.
Hale Hill ma Minneapolis, Minnesota; a me ka Henry Clay Frick House ma New York City, ma waena o nā mea'ē aʻe.
Ua hui pūʻo Davenport Co. me ka mea hana lole mea kūʻai o Boston a me ka hale hoʻolālā hale Irving & Casson i ka makahiki 1914 e hoʻokumu iā Irving & Casson-AH Davenport Co. Ma hope o ka lōʻihi lōʻihi, ua pani ka pūʻali leo kahiko i ka makahiki 1973.
ʻO Davenport, ka Desk
ʻO kaʻikeʻelua iʻikeʻia no ka hua'ōlelo "davenport" no kahi papa Pelekane liʻiliʻi e kū hoʻokahi i keʻano. ʻO kēia papa, i kapaʻia kekahi papa kāpena o ka moku, i hana muaʻia no ke kanaka iʻikeʻiaʻo Kāpena Davenport,ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻokumu muaʻia mai nā Gillows o Lancaster kamaliʻi kokoke i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 1800. ʻO kēiaʻano o ke kele he kaulana loa ia i ke kenekulia 19 a ke kau nei i ka wā Victorian.
Aia ka papaʻo Davenport i ka piko e hiki ke hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻia ma luna o nā hinges. Aia ma lalo o ka papaʻaina he wahi no nā mea kākau, a me nā mea huki a me nā pigeonholes. Nā kiʻi huki a me nā kīʻaha kīʻaha e wehe ana ma kaʻaoʻao,ʻaʻole mua. He mea like ia me kahi papa hana kula kahiko i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kenekulia 20, he nui wale. Hiki keʻikeʻia nā kumu mua o kēia papa i nāʻauhau, i nā hale kūʻai lako waina, a me ka pūnaewele. Ua hanaʻia ia he kope a me nā mea kūʻai eʻike ai ua hoʻohuiʻia i kekahiʻano hoihoi i kahi noiʻi aiʻole lumi noho.