enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Wicker - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker

   Wicker is a method of weaving used to make products such as furniture and baskets, as well as a descriptor to classify such products. It is the oldest furniture making method known to history, dating as far back as c. 3000 BC. Wicker was first documented in ancient Egypt, then having been made from pliable plant material, but in modern times it ...

3. Furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furniture

   Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks ...

4. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_furniture_types

   Types classified by materials. Wooden furniture. Bamboo furniture. Wicker or rattan furniture. Metal furniture. Plastic furniture, also known as acrylic furniture. Glass furniture. Concrete furniture. Bombay furniture, also known as blackwood furniture.

5. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_furniture

   Classic Chinese furniture is typically made of a class of hardwoods, known collectively as "rosewood" (紅木, literally "red wood"). These woods are denser than water, fine grained, and high in oils and resins. These properties make them dimensionally stable, hardwearing, rot and insect resistant, and when new, highly fragrant.

6. Art Nouveau furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau_furniture

   The first Art Nouveau houses appeared in Brussels in 1893, including the Hotel Tassel designed by Victor Horta.Horta designed not only the house and decor but also the furniture, which featured the same nature-inspired curling whiplash lines which were featured in the architecture, wrought iron balcony and stairway railings, ceramic floors, and door handles.

7. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_style_furniture

   Queen Anne furniture is "somewhat smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than its predecessors," and examples in common use include "curving shapes, the cabriole leg, cushioned seats, wing-back chairs, and practical secretary desk - bookcase pieces." [2] Other elements characterizing the style include pad feet and "an emphasis on line and form ...