Courting bench

A contemporary courting bench.

External images
	Victorian Tête-à-Tête Bench[1]
	Victorian Tête-à-Tête Bench[2]

A courting bench, also known as a kissing bench, conversation bench, or a tête-à-tête (French for "head-to-head") is a bench with two parallel seats, facing in opposite directions, with a shared arm of the bench separating them.

They were popular in Victorian times, and thought convenient for kissing and intimate but demure conversation, as the names imply.

References

1. ^ "?". http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/13m/i12283.html. 
2. ^ "?". http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/2d/i9996.html.