Furniture
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Furniture is the 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 is used to hold or contain smaller objects such as 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.
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Furniture Forms
- bed
- bedroom set (group)
- bench
- bookcase
- cabinet (furniture)
- chair
- chest
- china cabinet
- coffee table
- couch
- cupboard
- desk
- dinette (group)
- dining set (group)
- end table
- folding table
- footstool
- headboard
- hutch
- love seat
- ottoman
- recliner
- sofa
- settee
- sideboard
- street furniture
- table
- wardrobe
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See also
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List of Residential Furniture Manufacturers (Extant)
- American Drew - Expensive bedroom, diningroom, and occasional furniture
- American Oak - Inexpensive dining furniture, entertainment Furniture, home office
- Baker - Expensive bedroom, diningroom, livingroom and occasional furniture
- Barcolounger - Expensive uphostered furniture with built-in recliners
- Bassett - Medium priced bedroom, diningroom, livingroom and occasional furniture
- Berkline - Medium priced upholstered furniture with built-in recliners
- Best Chair - Low to medium priced chairs and recliner furniture
- Broyhill - Medium priced bedroom, diningroom, livingroom and occasional furniture
- Canandel, Canada - Upper medium priced dining furniture and bar stools
- Century - Expensive bedroom, diningroom, livingroom and occasional furniture
- Crescent - Medium priced, Solid cherry bedroom and diningroom furniture
- Cox
- Crawford - Medium priced, Solid cherry bedroom and diningroom furniture
- Davis - Imported livingroom and bedroom furniture
- Dutalier, Canada
- Drexel
- Eldrich Mills
- Franklyn - Medium priced uphostered furniture with built-in recliners
- Global - Inexpensive, solid wood, bedroom furniture
- Hammary
- Hancock and Moore - Expensive leather upholstered furniture
- Henredon
- Herman Miller
- Highland House
- Hooker
- Ikea
- King Hickory
- Jackson
- Klausner
- Kroehler
- Lane Action - Medium priced uphostered furniture with built-in recliners
- Lane - Upper medium priced bedroom, diningroom, and occasional furniture
- Largo
- Lazy Boy
- Lea
- Liberty - Inexpensive, imported, bedroom, diningroom and occasional furniture
- Ligo
- Magnussen
- Milling Road - Division of Baker Company
- modernica
- Northern Harvest
- Pennsylvania House
- Powell - Inexpensive imports
- Stanley
- Sealy
- Simmons
- Thomasville
- Vaughan
- Vaughan Bassett
- Webb
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List of Office Furniture Manufacturers (Extant)
- Český nábytek a.s. (http://www.ceskynabytek.cz)
- Haworth
- Herman Miller
- Hon Company
- Steelcase, Inc.
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List of Furniture Manufacturers (Defunct)
- Berkey & Gay Furniture
- Dominion Chair Company
- Dunbar
- Heywood Wakefield
- Jasper Cabinet
- Kroehler (name reused)
- Specialty Woodworking, Inc.
- Tell City
- Unagusta
- Unique
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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.
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Related Links
- Common Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum)
- Decorative art
- Tripod
- G-Plan
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (or Furniture City)
- Self-assembly furniture
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