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2. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   Chairs and thrones would have been built out of Shorea wood. Dowels would have been used for mortise and tenon joints. Sharp chisels would carve hardwood into furniture. Turpentine was used to thin animal fat, wax, and honey to finish the wood. Glue may have been used in the construction of furniture. Posts would penetrate the seat of the chair ...

3. 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 ...

4. Louis XIV furniture - Wikipedia

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   The furniture of Louis XIV was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of King Louis XIV of France (1660–1690). After about 1690, thanks in large part to the furniture designer André Charles Boulle , a more original and delicate style appeared, sometimes known as ...

5. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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   It featured Roman and Greek motifs. The later furniture featured decorative elements of Chinoiserie and other exotic styles. [1] Louis XV furniture was designed not for the vast palace state rooms of the Versailles of Louis XIV, but for the smaller, more intimate salons created by Louis XV and by his mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame ...

6. History of the chair - Wikipedia

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7. The Most Comfortable Swivel Chairs of 2024, Vetted by ... - AOL

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   More specifically, swivel chairs in chunky fabric or leather finishes that skew somewhere between English country and rustic contemporary (read: New England eclectic). While some swivels—like ...