Furniture
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Furniture is the mass noun|collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. Storage furniture (which often makes use of doors, drawers, and shelves) is used to hold or contain smaller objects such as clothes, tools, books, and household goods. Furniture can be a product of artistic design and is considered a form of decorative art. In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose. Domestic furniture works, in conjunction with furnishings such as clocks and lighting, to create comfortable and convenient interior spaces. Template:Wiktionary
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Furniture design
Furniture types
Storage:
- Bookcase
- Cabinet (furniture)
- Chest
- China cabinet
- Cupboard
- Dresser (Chest of drawers)
- Filing cabinet
- Sideboard
- Wardrobe
Seating:
Surfaces:
Sets:
Other:
- Aquarium furniture
- Bed
- Door furniture
- Headboard
- Hutch
- Park furniture
- Stadium seating
- Street furniture
Lamps are covered under furnishings or lighting.
See also
Selected bibliography
- Gloag, John. A Short Dictionary of Furniture. New York: Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, 1965.
- Hayward, Charles H., Antique or Fake?: The Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971.
Related links
- American Seating
- Bean bags
- Common Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum)
- Decorative art
- Herman Miller
- Tripod
- G-Plan
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (or Furniture City)
- Self-assembly furniture
- Steelcase
