The Rise of Banquette Seating: Maximizing Space and Style in Modern Design
It was a rainy evening in Paris in 1920. Café de Flore, known for its intellectual clientele, was filled with writers, artists, and thinkers deep in conversation. Amidst the bustling chatter and the scent of freshly brewed coffee, patrons were not sitting on ordinary chairs. Instead, they nestled into long, cushioned banquette seats that lined