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Primarily an ornamental treatment today, carving on furniture has its origin in purely practical reasons, such as the need to shed water, prevent dust buildup, disguise joints, or provide softer edges.…

Throughout history, furniture design pays tribute to its patrons and popular designers

Often the way we categorize furniture is by a prevailing figure of the time. In Europe, furniture periods were historically defined by the ruling monarch, whereas American furniture history typically…

Anything that can be made from wood, but does not fit into a defined furniture category, falls into this catchall we call “accessories.” Since Fine Woodworking magazine was founded in…

The term “stand,” as it is used to describe furniture such as a plant stand or music stand, generally implies a relatively small surface area supported at the required height,…

Understand the derivation of these two terms for upholstered seating...and how they differ from settles.

The first sideboard was doubtless a simple shelf on the wall near a dining table used for plate and food during meals (in distinction to a cupboard which constituted a…

The heading of musical instruments is probably more appropriate to a description of various crafts than of a particular class of furniture, but as many cased instruments have constituted prominent…

The usual term for a mirror until recently was a looking-glass, even though early mirrors were typically made of polished metal. Glass production developed slowly and did not become common…

A desk is a table dedicated to reading or writing, and as such originally implied a sloping top. The sloping top, in fact, constituted practically the entirety of early desks,…