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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 looked up credenza to be sure: it is a cupboard...and etagiere I think means those shelves brave souls put behind toilets (inviting Murphy's law to fgo into high gear imo).

(sorry, silly joke)

Davenport used to be another name for sofas, so Davenport table sounds right. So does Parson's table (which I'd never heard before).

You've piqued my curiosity, OP! Please tell us the right answer when it's found!

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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?

It's 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?

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?

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 only know it as 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 tried googling this as well as I know it as a Sofa Table. From synonyms.net

Synonyms for sofa table

We couldn't find direct synonyms for the term 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?

We had one when I was growing up. My mom always called it a library 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?

Yes, an etagiere is an open shelf unit, usually open on both sides. It isn't a sofa table at all. Just wondered if that was the fancy furniture name OP was thinking of.

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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 have only heard it 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?

it's ""sofa back table""

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