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Red sofa
A red sofa.

Furniture is the word that means all the things like chairs, tables, cupboards, beds and bookcases.

In other words, furniture are all the things that are in the house and that people can use to sit, to lie on or that are supposed to contain smaller things like cloths or cups. Furniture is made of wood, particle boards, leather, screws etc.

Different rooms have different furniture for different purposes. Offices have office furniture such as desks and office chairs. Dining rooms have a table and dining chairs. Theaters and classrooms have rows of seats facing forward.

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Bedroom furniture includes a bed covered by sheets, a bedspread and maybe a blanket and pillow . Next to the bed is the nightstand or night table. A lamp may be on the nightstand. The dresser has drawers for clothes. On top of a dresser may be a mirror.

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  • Three illustrations of ancient Greek chairs, each being notated with a letter. a, b-klismos, and c-chair

    Three illustrations of ancient Greek chairs, each being notated with a letter: a, b-klismos, and c-chair

  • Credenza MET DP255160

    Gothic credenza; 1440–1450; walnut and intarsia; 147.3 x 317.5 x 63.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Rietveld chair 1b

    Red and Blue Chair (1917), designed by Gerrit Rietveld

  • Stainless Steel Talbe with FSC Eucalyptus wood Ecodesign

    Stainless Steel Table with FSC Teca Wood - Brazil Ecodesign

  • Moon-gate bed shown in the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, Ningbo, China, detail, c. 1876, satinwood (huang lu), other Asian woods, ivory - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07355

    Detail of a Chinese moon-gate bed from circa 1876

  • Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bolzano, 1957) - BEIC 6356404

    Installment by L. Gargantini for the Bolzano fair, 1957. Photo by Paolo Monti (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC).

  • Museum of Anatolian Civilizations 1320259 nevit

    The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, a figurine discovered in Turkey and dated to approximately 6000 BC, is evidence that furniture existed in the neolithic.

  • Skara Brae house 1 5

    A dresser with shelves furnish a house in Skara Brae, a settlement in what is now Scotland that was occupied from about 3180-2500 BC

  • CucuteniRitualStatues

    Cucuteni ritualic figurines staying on miniature chairs; 4900-4750 BC; painted ceramic; Archaeology Museum Piatra Neamț (Piatra Neamț, Romania)

  • CucuteniNeolithicChair

    Cucuteni figurine staying on a miniature chair; 4750-4700 BC; ceramic; discoeved at Târpești (modern-day Romania); Archaeology Museum Piatra Neamț

  • Stool with woven seat MET 14.10.3 view 4

    Stool with woven seat; 1991–1450 BC; wood & reed; height: 13 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Jewelry chest of Sithathoryunet MET DP330328

    Jewelry chest of Sithathoryunet; 1887–1813 BC; ebony, ivory, gold, carnelian, blue faience and silver; height: 36.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Hatnefer's Chair MET 21M CAT047R4 (cropped)

    Chair of Hatnefer; 1492–1473 BC; boxwood, cypress, ebony & linen cord; height: 53 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Egyptian Museum 000 (37)

    The Throne of Tutankhamun; 1336–1327 BC; wood covered with sheets of gold, silver, semi-precious and other stones, faience, glass and bronze; height: 1 m; Egyptian Museum (Cairo)

  • Bronze foot in the form of a sphinx MET 2000.660

    Foot in the form of a sphinx; circa 600 BC; bronze; overall: 27.6 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Bronze rod tripod stand MET DT4174

    Rod tripod stand; early 6th century BC; bronze; overall: 75.2 x 44.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Pentelic Marble Funerary Stele of Hegeso, Found in Kerameikos, Athens, 410-400 BC (28387059682)

    Funerary stele in which appears somebody staying on a klismos, from circa 410-400 BC, in the National Archaeological Museum (Athens, Greece)

  • Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900) (14804265373)

    Illustration of Roman furniture details, from 1900, very similar with Empire style furniture

  • Clevelandart 1995.10

    Tripod base; circa 100 BC; bronze; overall: 77 x 32.3 x 28 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

  • Forziere con sacrificio a giove, I secolo dc, legno, ferro e bronzo, con ageminature, dalla casa di trittolemo a pompei (napoli, man) 01

    Treasure chest with a sacrifice of Jupiter depicted on it; 1st century AD; wood, iron and bronze, with ageminature; from Pompeii; Naples National Archaeological Museum (Naples, Italy)

  • Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays MET DP138722

    Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays; 1st–2nd century AD; wood, bone and glass; couch: 105.4 × 76.2 × 214.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Paris Musée Cluny Trône de Dagobert 135

    Throne of Dagobert; 19th and 12th centuries (backrest); gilt bronze; unknown dimensions; Cabinet des Médailles (Paris)

  • Coffret (Minnekästchen) MET DP273975 (cropped)

    Gothic coffret (Minnekästchen); circa 1325–1350; oak, inlay, tempera, wrought-iron mounts; overall: 12.1 x 27.3 x 16.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Chest MET sf57-144-3s4

    Gothic chest; late 15th century; wood; 30.2 x 29.2 x 39.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Chest MET sf16-32-106s1

    Gothic chest; late 15th century; walnut and iron; overall: 47 x 38.7 x 75.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Analogion MNaR 11162 (1)

    Romanian analogion; second quarter of the 16th century; carved, openwork and champlevé wood; 115 x 58 x 65 cm; from the Probota Monastery (Suceava County); National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest)

  • Écouen (95), château, étage, appt du connétable 8

    Sideboard; c.1524; wood; height: 144 cm; Château d'Écouen (Écouen, France)

  • Écouen (95), château, étage, appt du connétable 2

    Wardrobe; c.1530; carved walnut; height: 230 cm; Château d'Écouen

  • Cassone (one of a pair) MET DP106698

    Cassone (chest); c.1550–1560; carved and partially gilded walnut; 86.4 x 181.9 x 67.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Écouen Château d'Écouen Innen Musée national de la Renaissance Schrank 1

    Cupboard; c.1570; wood; height: 246 cm; Château d'Écouen

  • Decorative arts in the Louvre - Room 32 D201903 (cropped)

    Baroque four-poster bed from the Château d'Effiat; c.1650; natural walnut, chiselled Genoa silk velvet and embroidered silks; 295 cm; Louvre

  • Francia, tavolo da parete, 1685-90 ca

    Baroque pier table; 1685–1690; carved, gessoed, and gilded wood, with a marble top; 83.6 × 128.6 × 71.6 cm; Art Institute of Chicago (US)

  • Armoire aux perroquets du Louvre

    Baroque cupboard; by André Charles Boulle; c.1700; ebony and amaranth veneering, polychrome woods, brass, tin, shell, and horn marquetry on an oak frame, gilt-bronze; 255.5 x 157.5 cm; Louvre

  • Commode MET DP108742

    Baroque commode; by André Charles Boulle; c.1710-1732; walnut veneered with ebony and marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, antique marble top; 87.6 x 128.3 x 62.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Heinrich ludwig rohde o ferdinand plitzner (attr.), scrittoio a ribalta, magonza 1720 ca

    Baroque slant-front desk; by Heinrich Ludwig Rohde or Ferdinand Plitzner; c.1715–1725; marquetry with maple, amaranth, mahogany, and walnut on spruce and oak; 90 × 84 × 44.5 cm; Art Institute of Chicago

  • Console table MET DP276251

    Rococo console table; 18th century; carved and gilded wood, marble top; 63.2 × 60 × 25.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Commode MET DP105695

    Rococo commode; by Charles Cressent; c.1745-1749; pine and oak veneered with amaranth and bois satiné, walnut, oak, pine; gilt-bronze, portoro marble top; 87.6 x 139.7 x 57.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Secrétaire en pente Paris 1745 - Musée des arts décoratifs (Paris) 20210629 152741

    Rococo slant-top desk; c.1750; oak, kingwood marquetry, amaranth wood, satiné, gilt bronze; unknown dimensions; Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)

  • Side table (commode en console) MET DP105703

    Rococo side table (commode en console); by Bernard II van Risamburgh; c.1755-1760; Japanese lacquer, gilt-bronze and Sarrancolin marble top; height: 90.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Bureau du Roi vue de face avec pièce

    Bureau du Roi (Rococo); by Jean-François Oeben and Jean Henri Riesener; 1760–1769; bronze, marquetry of a variety of fine woods and Sèvres porcelain; 147.3 x 192.5 x 105; Palace of Versailles (Versailles, France)

  • Commode de la comtesse du Barry (Louvre, OA 11293)

    Louis XVI style commode of Madame du Barry; by Martin Carlin (attribution); 1772; oak base veneered with pearwood, rosewood and amaranth, soft-paste Sèvres porcelain, bronze gilt, white marble; 87 x 119 cm; Louvre

  • Secrétaire à cylindre de Marie-Antoinette (Louvre, OA 5226)

    Louis XVI style roll-top desk of Marie-Antoinette; by Jean-Henri Riesener; 1784; oak and pine frame, sycamore, amaranth and rosewood veneer, bronze gilt; 103.6 x 113.4 cm; Louvre

  • Table à écrire à pupitre de Marie-Antoinette (Louvre, OA 5509)

    Louis XVI style writing table of Marie-Antoinette; by Adam Weisweiler; 1784; oak, ebony and sycamore veneer, Japanese lacquer, steel, bronze gilt; 73.7 x 81. 2 cm; Louvre

  • Folding stool (pliant) (one of a pair) MET DP113122

    Louis XVI style folding stool (pliant); 1786; carved and painted beechwood, covered in pink silk; 46.4 × 68.6 × 51.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Armchair (fauteuil) from Louis XVI's Salon des Jeux at Saint Cloud MET DP113960

    Louis XVI style armchair (fauteuil) from Louis XVI's Salon des Jeux at Saint Cloud; 1788; carved and gilded walnut, gold brocaded silk (not original); overall: 100 × 74.9 × 65.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Desk chair (fauteuil de bureau) MET DP278961

    Empire desk chair; c.1805–1808; mahogany, gilt bronze and satin-velvet upholstery; 87.6 × 59.7 × 64.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Console (France, premier Empire 1804-1814) - Musée des arts décoratifs (Paris) 20210629 154120

    Empire console table; 1804–1814; mahogany, gilded bronze, chiseled gilded bronze and fossil gray marble; 91.5 x 154 x 73.5 cm; Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)

  • Trône de Napoléon 1er en provenance du Corps législatif - Exposition Versailles

    Empire throne; by Bernard Poyet and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter; 1805; carved and gilded wood, covered in red velvet with silver embroidery; 160 x 110 x 82 cm; Musée des Arts Décoratifs

  • Coin cabinet MET DP103176

    Egyptian Revival coin cabinet; 1809–1819; mahogany (probably Swietenia mahagoni), with applied and inlaid silver; 90.2 x 50.2 x 37.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Austria-03324 - Cradle of Napoleon's Son (32936041295)

    King of Rome's Cradle (Empire); by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Henri Victor Roguier, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot and Pierre-Philippe Thomire; 1811; wood, silver gilt, mother-of-pearl, sheets of copper covered with velvet, silk and tulle, decorated with silver and gold thread; height: 216 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)

  • Gothic Revival Side Chair, unidentified maker, American, 1845-1865, walnut frame with upholstered seat and back - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC05106

    Chair (Gothic Revival); 1845–1865; walnut frame with upholstered seat and back; unknown dimensions; Huntington Museum of Art (Huntington, West Virginia, USA)

  • Tête-à-tête MET DT177

    tête-à-tête (Second Empire); 1850–1860; rosewood, ash, pine and walnut; 113 x 132.1 x 109.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Desk, designed by Frank Furness, 1870-71, Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Desk; designed by Frank Furness, made by Daniel Pabst; 1870–1871; walnut, walnut veneer, rosewood (knobs), brass, iron, steel and glass; 196.9 × 157.5 × 81.9 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, USA)

  • Small Table LACMA 59.64.2

    Table (Rococo Revival); c.1880; wood, ormolu and lacquer; 68.9 x 26.99 x 38.42 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, USA)

  • Chair LACMA M.2009.115 (5 of 5)

    Chair (Art Nouveau); by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo; c.1883; mahogany; 97.79 x 49.53 x 49.53 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art

  • Émile gallé, bureau 'foresta lorenese', 1900

    Desk (Art Nouveau), presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition; by Émile Gallé; 1900; molded and carved oak, with chiseled and patinated bronze; height: 108.5 cm; Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

  • Low-back armchair, China, late Ming to Qing dynasty, late 16th-18th century AD, huanghuali rosewood - Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - DSC05918

    Chinese low-back armchair; late 16th-18th century (late Ming dynasty to Qing dynasty); huanghuali rosewood; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Washington D.C.)

  • Pedestal desk, China, Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 AD, huanghuali wood (yellow flowering pear), brass fittings - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08449

    Chinese pedestal desk; 1644–1911; huanghuali wood (yellow flowering pear) with brass fittings; Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon, SUA)

  • Chest with Cartouche Showing Figures on Donkeys in a Landscape, Magnolias, Plum Blossoms, Peonies, Birds, and Butterflies LACMA M.80.153

    Japanese chest with cartouche showing figures on donkeys in a landscape; 1750–1800; carved red lacquer on wood core with metal fittings and jade lock; 30.64 x 30.16 x 12.7 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)

  • Moon-gate bed shown in the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, Ningbo, China, c. 1876, satinwood (huang lu), other Asian woods, ivory - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07353

    Chinese moon-gate bed; circa 1876; satinwood (huang lu), other Asian woods and ivory; Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Massachusetts, USA)

  • MBAM 2009.84, Chinese canopy bed

    Chinese canopy bed; late 19th or early 20th century; carved lacquered and gilded wood; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada)

  • 2代由木尾雪雄作-Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi MET DP330034

    Japanese writing table; early 20th century; lacquered wood with silver fittings and various other materials; height: 12.3 cm, length: 60.96 cm, width: 36.83 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Petit fauteuil de Toutânkhamon 2019

    Ancient Egyptian armchair of Tutankhamun; 1336-1326 BC; wood, ebony, ivory and gold leaf; height: 71 cm; Exposition of Tutankhamun Treasure in Paris (2019)

  • Set of fourteen side chairs MET DP110780

    Neoclassical chair; circa 1772; mahogany, covered in modern red Morocco leather; height: 97.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  • Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) MET DP106762

    Louis XVI armchair (Fauteuil à la reine); 1780–1785; carved and gilded walnut, and embroidered silk satin; height: 102.2 cm, width: 74.9 cm, depth: 77.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Settee MET DP287568

    Louis XVI settee; designed in circa 1786, woven 1790–91, settee frame from the second half 19th century; carved and gilded wood, with wool and silk; 107.3 × 191.5 × 71.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

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