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2. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   The settle bed was a metamorphising piece of furniture, functioning as a seat during the day, and converting into a bed at night which first appeared in Ireland in the early 1600s. The hinged seat could be opened out onto the floor to create a bed. Settle beds were in regular use in Ireland into the 1950s, with some retained as beds for ...

4. Ottoman (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Ottoman (furniture) An ottoman is a piece of furniture. [1] Generally ottomans have neither backs nor arms. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used as a table, stool or footstool. The seat may have hinges and a lid for the inside hollow, which can be used for storing linen, magazines, or other items, making it a ...

5. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A formally laid table, set with a dinner service. Nested tables. Tables of various shapes, heights, and sizes are designed for specific uses: Dining room tables are designed to be used for formal dining. Bedside tables, nightstands, or night tables are small tables used in a bedroom.

6. McLean House (Appomattox, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   The McLean House near Appomattox, Virginia is within the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. The house was owned by Wilmer McLean and his wife Virginia near the end of the American Civil War. Hosted by Union General Ulysses S. Grant, the house served as the location of the surrender conference for the Confederate army of General ...

7. Gateleg table - Wikipedia

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   Gateleg tables are a subset of the type known as a dropleaf. The hinged section, or flap, was supported on pivoted legs joined at the top and bottom by stretchers constituting a gate. Large flaps had two supports, which had the advantage of providing freer leg space in the centre. [ 1] The earliest gateleg tables of the 16th and 17th century ...

8. As Mike McCarthy enters make-or-break year, unprecedented ...

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   Now, as the Cowboys’ season opener at the Cleveland Browns looms on Sept. 8, comes the drama of McCarthy being on the hot seat beneath the NFL’s most intense spotlight. At least he has some ...

9. Multifunctional furniture - Wikipedia

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   Coffee table with extra storage on their underside is a type of multifunctional furniture; Daybed, a combination furniture which can be used as a bed, for sitting, or for rest and relaxation in common rooms; Lambing chair, a type of unchair commonly with storage under the seat in form of a drawer; Monks bench, a table/bench