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2. Amish furniture - Wikipedia

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   Example of Ohio Amish Wood Craft, Farmerstown Furniture Bed in bedroom at The Amish Village, Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Amish furniture is furniture manufactured by the Amish, primarily of Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio. It is generally known as being made completely out of wood, usually without particle board or laminate.

3. Michael Thonet - Wikipedia

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   Rocking Chair, Model 1, ca 1860 Brooklyn Museum "Chair no. 14" ("Konsumstuhl Nr. 14") from 1859. Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture.

4. Bentwood - Wikipedia

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   Bentwood objects are made by wetting wood (either by soaking or by steaming), then bending it and letting it harden into curved shapes and patterns. Furniture-makers often use this method in the production of rocking chairs , cafe chairs, and other light furniture.

5. Rocking chair - Wikipedia

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   A Thonet rocking chair. A rocking chair or rocker is a type of chair with two curved bands (also known as rockers) attached to the bottom of the legs, connecting the legs on each side to each other. The rockers contact the floor at only two points, giving the occupant the ability to rock back and forth by shifting their weight or pushing ...

6. Bundling (tradition) - Wikipedia

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   Bundling, or tarrying, is the traditional practice of wrapping a couple together in a bed sometimes with a board between the two of them, usually as a part of courting behavior. The tradition is thought to have originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later became common in colonial United States , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] especially ...

7. Shaker furniture - Wikipedia

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   Shaker furniture is a distinctive style of furniture developed by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as Shakers, a religious sect that had guiding principles of simplicity, utility and honesty.