enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_furniture

   In Ancient Assyria plaques would be used as furniture. The Ancient Assyrians had carved ivory pieces. They were used to make fan handles, boxes, and furniture inlays. The furniture would commonly depict flowers. [31] There was a wide variety of Assyrian chairs. Some chairs had backs and arms, some resembled a footstool. Sometimes Assyrian ...

3. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_furniture

   There is a strong contrast with Ming style furniture, so it is called "Qing style" furniture in the history of furniture in China. Qing style furniture is made of thick and heavy materials, and its variety and decoration pursue innovation. The decoration of Qing style furniture seeks more, fullness, wealth and splendor.

4. Antique furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_furniture

   A piece of antique furniture is a collectible interior furnishing of considerable age. Often the age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features make a piece of furniture desirable as a collectors' item, and thus termed an antique . [ 1 ]

5. History of the chair - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_chair

   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced ...

6. History of wood carving - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wood_carving

   There was a style of design admirably suited to the decoration of furniture when made of softwood such as pine. It somewhat resembled the excellent Scandinavian treatment of the 10th–12th centuries already referred to. A pattern of Gothic foliage, often of beautiful outline, would be simply grounded out to a shallow depth.

7. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV_furniture

   Between 1755 and 1760, the forms of furniture and interior decoration began to change into what became known as the Second Style Louis XV, or the Style Transition. The rocaille decoration remained, but became more discreet and restrained. Secondly, the new wave of enthusiasm for ancient Greece and Rome brought a series of new decorative themes ...