A divan is a type of couch-like sitting furniture. Sofas come in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials (two-seater model) Ancient Greek couch with one elevated armrest A couch, and a sofa, settee, lounge, davenport or chesterfield are items of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ...

Originally, in the Orient (especially the Ottoman Empire), a divan was a long seat, formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor or upon a raised structure or frame, with cushions to lean against.

It was so called because they were generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers of a bureau called divan or diwan (meaning a government council or office, from the bundles of papers they processed, and next their council chambers). The sofa/couch sense was taken into English in 1702. This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

The divan in this sense has been commonly known in Europe certainly since about the middle of the 18th century. It was fashionable, roughly speaking, from 1820 to 1850, wherever the romantic movement in literature penetrated. All the boudoirs of that generation were garnished with divans; they even spread to coffee-houses, which were sometimes known as divans or Turkish divans; and a cigar divan remains a familiar expression. A Street Cafe, Jerusalem, Henry Fenn (1838- ): steel engraving in Picturesque Palestine, ca 1875 A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ...

The Divan in World of Jocraft

The Divan is rumored to be the last zone of the third expansion of WoJ. It is there that you will find The Mec who has been hiding in there all along. Be prepared for a long fight because he has about one zilion health points and depending on the time of the day, he can fall alsleep and regain and all his "strenght" at once.

Source

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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See also

• ottoman (furniture)

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