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2. Mid-century modern - Wikipedia

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   Mid-century modern (MCM) is a movement in interior design, product design, graphic design, architecture and urban development that was present in all the world, but more popular in North America, Brazil and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1970 during the United States's post-World War II period.

3. Furniture - Wikipedia

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   A common technique was to construct the main sections of the furniture with cheap solid wood, then apply a veneer using an expensive wood, such as maple or ebony. [26] Greek furniture construction also made use of dowels and tenons for joining the wooden parts of a piece together. [ 26 ]

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Bedside tables, nightstands, or night tables are small tables used in a bedroom. They are often used for convenient placement of a small lamp , alarm clock , glasses , or other personal items. Drop-leaf tables have a fixed section in the middle and a hinged section (leaf) on either side that can be folded down.

5. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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   Until about the 10th century CE, the Chinese sat on mats or low platforms using low tables, but then gradually moved to using high tables with chairs. [ 2 ] Chinese furniture is mostly in plain, polished wood, but from at least the Song dynasty , the most luxurious pieces often used lacquer to cover the whole or parts of the visible areas.

6. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

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   The Queen Anne style began to evolve during the reign of William III of England (1689-1702), [6] but the term predominantly describes decorative styles from the mid-1720s to around 1760, although Queen Anne reigned earlier (1702-1714). [4] [7] "The name 'Queen Anne' was first applied to the style more than a century after it was fashionable."

7. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Seventeenth-century settle table combination. Dimensions: length 54 inches (140 cm), height as table 29.5 inches (75 cm), width 28.75 inches (73 cm). Similar to the settle bed, the settle table (or monk's bench) was a configuration of settle bed which allowed for a hinged back to be tipped 90 degrees for form a table.