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The appeal of a round, or borne, settee begins with its novelty. “It immediately becomes a conversation piece,” said Newport Beach, Calif., designer Barclay Butera, whose Louboutin-red tufted version is a guaranteed seducer. “It’s a Victorian piece that people are used to seeing in an entry or gallery,” said New York designer Vicente Wolf, who positioned a custom blue-leather borne in the center of a casual family room. “I liked bringing an idea from the past and using it in an unconventional way.” Family members who’d rather not lounge on a mega-poof can sit in wicker chairs and simple white…