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Encyclopedia > List of furniture types

Furniture types

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Seating: A bookcase filled with books A bookcase is an article of furniture, forming a shelved receptacle, usually perpendicular or horizontal, for the storage of books. ... A cabinet is a usually oblong piece of furniture, often attached to a wall and made of wood, used throughout the world for the storage of clothes or other miscellaneous items. ... A chest is one of the oldest forms of furniture. ... A cupboard is a type of cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food and crockery. ... Dresser Industries was a multinational corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which provides a wide range of technology, products, and services used for developing energy and natural resources. ... A chest of drawers is a piece of furniture with many parallel, horizontal drawers; traditionally used to store clothing. ... A filing cabinet is a piece of office equipment that is useful for temporary and permanent storage. ... Hall Tree A Hall Tree is a piece of furniture, usually found in hallways or near the entryway of homes, on which people hang items such as hats, coats, or other clothing. ... A sideboard is an item of furniture traditionally used for both storage and display. ... Look up Wardrobe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Surfaces: beanbags A bean bag is a sealed bag containing dried beans or PVC pellets, with various applications. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Benches Snow covered park bench Classic garden bench A bench is a piece of furniture, which mostly offers several persons seating. ... Typical Western wooden chair A chair is a piece of furniture for sitting, consisting of a seat, a back, and sometimes arm rests, commonly for use by one person. ... Sofas come in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials (two-seater model) Ancient Greek couch with one elevated armrest A couch, and a sofa, settee, lounge, davenport or chesterfield are items of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ... A footstool is a piece of furniture, the purpose of which is to provide comfort to a person seated in, for example, a chair or sofa. ... An Ottoman in its natural habitat. ... Sofas come in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials (two-seater model) Ancient Greek sofa A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, lounge or chesterfield is an item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ... Sofas come in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials (two-seater model) Ancient Greek sofa A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, lounge or chesterfield is an item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ... Look up stool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sets: A coffee table is a style of long, low table which is designed to be placed in front of a couch, to support beverages (hence the name), magazines, books, and other small items to be used while sitting. ... A desk is a furniture form and a class of table. ... A wooden dinner table and chairs. ...

  • Bedroom set (group)
  • Dinette (group)
  • Dining set (group)
  • Vanity set

Other:

Lamps are covered under furnishings or lighting. Aquarium furniture refers to the various ornaments and functional items in an aquarium. ... A double bed A bed is a piece of furniture or location primarily used or intended for sleeping upon, but also commonly used for sexual activities, relaxing, sitting, and reading. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... Door furniture refers to any of the items that are attached to a door or a drawer to enhance its functionality or appearance. ... A headboard is an item of furniture. ... Hutch can refer to any of the following: A form of furniture A type of cage utilized primarily for housing domestic rabbits A character in the television series Starsky & Hutch Hutch, a popular musician in the 1930s Hutch, a cellular phone service provider in India Hutch is an act of... Park furniture is similar to street furniture but located in a park or garden. ... Example of stadium seating. ... Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes, including benches, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, streetlamps, street lighting, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, grit bins, tram stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains and memorials, and waste receptacles. ... Lamp can be: A portable light fixture such as a table lamp or reading lamp (common usage) Lamp (electrical component), a replacable component that produces light, such as: Incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp Fluorescent lamp Gas discharge lamp Arc lamp Signal lamp, a device used for... Furnishings (aka art objects, decorative arts, knick-knacks, bric-a-brac) are the objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space. ... Lighting refers to either artificial light sources such as lamps or to natural illumination of interiors from daylight. ...



 

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