Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Davenport \Dav"en*port\, n. [From the name of the original
   maker. --Encyc. Dict.]
   A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental,
   and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.

         A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at
         which sat a lady writing.                --A. B.
                                                  Edwards.

Source : WordNet®

Davenport
     n 1: a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from
          Moline and Rock Island
     2: a small decorative writing desk
     3: a large sofa usually convertible into a bed