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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

Sofa table. That is what the manufacturer called it when I purchased mine.

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

I never heard of such a thing! What is a sofa table. (I'm serious)

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

Sofa Table. It's typically situated behind the sofa.

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

On 12/15/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:

Sofa Table. It's typically situated behind the sofa.


Makes sense! Thank. :-)

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On 12/15/2014 HeartsNdiamondz said:

I never heard of such a thing! What is a sofa table. (I'm serious)

When the back of the sofa is out in the room , not against the wall , people often place a long , narrow table behind the sofa - often with one or two lamps placed on i, and some decor. As far as I know it is called a sofa table.

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

The ""fancy name"" that keeps coming to mind is ""etagiere"". But that's not a sofa table.

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

I always called it a Parson,s table.

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

I think étagère means shelf, but I'm going to go look. QVC's program put the French accents over the word, not me. I took French but I don't remember all the marks. (Its a set of open shelves for small objects.)

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Re: What is the name of the long narrow table that goes behind a sofa if your sofa sits out in the room?

Buffet table? Server?

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Credenza?