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  2. Furniture - Wikipedia

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    Wood was shaped by carving, steam treatment, and the lathe, and furniture is known to have been decorated with ivory, tortoise shell, glass, gold or other precious materials. [ 27 ] The modern word " throne " is derived from the ancient Greek thronos (Greek singular: θρόνος), which was a seat designated for deities or individuals of high ...

  3. Wicker - Wikipedia

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    In furniture, such as benches, chairs, stools and other seating devices, a frame is typically made of stiffer materials, after which more pliant material is woven into the frame to fill it. [12] In a smaller piece such as a basket, a strengthening frame is not needed so the entire piece is woven from the wicker material. [13]

  4. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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    Woods such as olive wood were used to make furniture in ancient Israel. Other materials were still used. Ivory was a particularly common resource. It was used to make wardrobes and round lace-like openwork plaques. Ivory was used to make inlaid furniture in Samaria. They would also have patterns of colored paste with precious stones coated with ...

  5. Intarsia - Wikipedia

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    The start of the practice dates from before the seventh century AD. The technique of intarsia inlays sections of wood (at times with contrasting ivory or bone, or mother-of-pearl) within the solid wood matrix of floors and walls or of tabletops and other furniture; by contrast marquetry assembles a pattern out of veneers glued upon the carcass.

  6. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    Quickly removing wood during carving, usually with an adze, knife, or rasp. wood A porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and woody plants. Wood is an organic material consisting of a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression. wood ...

  7. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  8. Marquetry - Wikipedia

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    Although marquetry is a technique separate from inlay, English marquetry-makers were called "inlayers" throughout the 18th century. In Paris, before 1789, makers of veneered or marquetry furniture (ébénistes) belonged to a separate guild from chair-makers and other furniture craftsmen working in solid wood (menuisiers).

  9. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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    Furniture and carving made from these wood species are typically referred to, in the market, as "Hongmu Furniture" (紅木家具, literally "rosewood furniture"). Due to overlogging for the said furniture, most of the species are either threatened or endangered. Chinese furniture using precious wood also has property attributes, which is ...