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2. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   Sumerian records mention many kinds of wood. One example is a type of wood named Halub wood. It is described as a kind of wood used to make beds, bedframes, furniture legs, chairs, foot-stools, baskets, containers, drinking vessels, and other prestigious goods. [2] Timber, a wood which would have been imported from Lebanon, was used for ...

3. Spindle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A spindle is usually made of a single piece of wood and typically has decoration (also axially symmetric) fashioned by hand or with a lathe. The spindle was common at least as early as the 17th century in Western Europe as an element of chair and table legs, stretchers, candlesticks, balusters, [1] and other pieces of cabinetry. By definition ...

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   The Greeks invented a piece of furniture very similar to the guéridon. Tables were made of marble or wood and metal (typically bronze or silver alloys), sometimes with richly ornate legs. Later, the larger rectangular tables were made of separate platforms and pillars. The Romans also introduced a large, semicircular table to Italy, the mensa ...

5. Stretcher (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A Windsor Georgian double bow with cabriole legs. A stretcher is a horizontal support element of a table, chair or other item of furniture; this structure is normally made of exposed wood and ties vertical elements of the piece together.

6. Furniture - Wikipedia

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   Roman furniture was constructed principally using wood, metal and stone, with marble and limestone used for outside furniture. Very little wooden furniture survives intact, but there is evidence that a variety of woods were used, including maple, citron, beech, oak, and holly. Some imported wood such as satinwood was used for decoration.

7. Foot (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A foot is the floor level termination of furniture legs. [1] Legless furniture may be slightly raised off of the floor by their feet. Types of feet