jan 1, 1680 - Tête-à-tête (conversation seat) (1800) widely used in courting rituals when chaperones were present.
Description:
The piece reflects changing social ritualsaround intimacy, gender, and domestic
display — a functional object that codified
polite social interaction in genteel drawing rooms and became a decorative status object.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1680
Now
~ 346 years ago