Kunyange zvazvo zvisingawanzozvinzwa mazuva ano, izwi rokuti "davenport" rinogona kureva zvidimbu zviviri zvisingatauriki zveshuwarheni: rudzi rwechifa kana rudzi rwekunyora dawati.
Davenport, iyo Sofa
Kushandiswa kweshoko rokuti "Davenport" yefafa yakatanga munenge muna 1900, apo Cambridge, Massachusetts, muumbi wehuni AH Davenport Co yakaumba bhoxy sofa, ikozvino inoratidza. Izwi rinogonawo kureva sofa yakarara . Mhando iyi yefafa yakava hasha dzose, uye shoko rokuti "davenport" kwekanguva raishandiswa sezwi rechimiro kune chero sofa, nenzira imwecheteyo zita rechizita rokuti Kleenex rakafanana nemashizha akadzimwa.
Izwi rokuti davenport rinowanzoshandiswa mazuva ano kunze kweruwa, uko rusingashandisi kushandiswa sezwi rinoreva "bhedha." Munzvimbo dzeMidwest, somuenzaniso, pamwe neAdhirondack, vanhu vakwegura vangave vachiri kushandisa izwi kureva chero chivigiro. Mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika, izwi racho rinosanganiswa nemhando chaiyo yemubhedha wakarongeka kana nechemberi yemasaton-style nevakachengetedza vanochengetedza muchero wayo.
Kambani yeDavenport yaiva imwe yepamusoro yeAmerican furniture makagadziri ekupedzisira kwema19 uye kutanga kwemazana makumi maviri. Iyo kambani yakagadzira tsika dzepamusoro yeupscale uye dzakabatana nemapurani anozivikanwa akadai saHH Richardson naStanford White kuti vaburise maitiro makuru. Davenport Co. yakagadzira zvigadzirwa zvemwenje zvakagadziriswa zve White House kugadziriswa kwe 1902; Dare reNew York Court of Appeals; John J. Glessner House muChicago; George Eastman House muRochester, New York; James J.
Hill house muMinneapolis, Minnesota; uye Henry Clay Frick House muNew York City, pakati pevamwe vakawanda.
Davenport Co. yakabatanidzwa neBoston furniture maker uye imba yekuumba imba Irving & Casson muna 1914 kuti aumbe Irving & Casson-AH Davenport Co. Pashure pokunge nguva refu yasvika, kambani yakambove yakangodaro yakavhara zvakanaka muna 1973.
Davenport, Dhiki
Shanduro yechipiri inozivikanwa yezwi rokuti "davenport" ndeyechechi duku reBritish iro rakasiyana nemafomu. Iyi dawati, iyo inonziwo daikisi yemotokari yemukepe, pakutanga yakagadzirirwa murume anozivikanwa seKaputeni Davenport, uyo akazvitumira kubva kumakambani eGillows weLancaster pedyo nekunopera kwezana remakore rechi18. Rudzi urwu rwakanga rwakakurumbira zvikuru muzana ramakore rechi19 uye kunyanya munguva yeVa Victori.
Dhipidho reDavenport ine musoro wekusimudza unogona kusimudzwa kumusoro. Pasi pebhuku ibhuku rekunyora zvinhu, pamwe nevatambi uye pigeonholes. Iyo mahwende inosanganisira vanochera uye makabhodhi anozarura kune rumwe rutivi, kwete mberi. Inotarisa sezvakaita dare rekare rechikoro rekutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, rinongokura. Mienzaniso yepakutanga yedheski iyi inogona kuwanika mune zvidhinha, mune vintage furniture maduka, uye paIndaneti. Iyo ichiri kuitwa sekuberekwa uye vadzidzisi vanoona kuti inowedzera chimwe chinonakidza chekudzidza kana yekugara.