The earliest known instance of the use of the name is ottomane in French in 1729, and in the course of a generation it made its way into every boudoir, but it appears originally to have been much larger than at present. The ottoman was eventually brought to Europe from the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century and named after its place of origin. It was first designed as sectional furniture that wrapped around three walls of a room, before evolving into smaller versions that fit into the corner of a room or circular padded seats surrounding a column or pole in a public room.
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This is very commonly seen in popular TV serials Resurrection: Ertugrul and Establishment: Osman, both based on creators of the Ottoman Empire. The ottoman traces its roots to furnishing practices in the Ottoman Empire, where it was the central piece of residential seating, generally designed as a low wooden platform intended to be piled with cushions. Other names for this piece of furniture include footstool, tuffet, hassock, pouf (sometimes spelled pouffe), in Shropshire, England the old dialect word tumpty may be used, or in New Zealand and Newfoundland a humpty. Ottoman footstools are often sold as coordinating furniture with armchairs, sofas or gliders. The smaller version is usually placed near to an armchair or sofa as part of living room decor or may be used as a fireside seat. The seat may have hinges and form a lid for the inside hollow, which can be used for storage of linen, magazines or other items, making it a form of storage furniture. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used as a table, stool or footstool. Generally ottomans have neither backs nor arms.
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