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2. 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 ...

3. Victorian Railways fixed wheel passenger carriages - Wikipedia

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   5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm) The first passenger carriages of the Victorian Railways (VR) were fixed-wheel, with a mixture of first- and second-class bodies on either four- or six-wheeled underframes. They were built to the British side-loading, swing-door, cross bench compartment (non-corridor) style; later a saloon style was used to a limited extent ...

4. Garden furniture - Wikipedia

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   Seating. Garden furniture is often sold as a patio set consisting of a table, four or six chairs, and a parasol. A picnic table is used for the purpose of eating a meal outdoors. Long chairs, referred to as chaise longue, are also common items. Recently seating furniture has been used for conversation areas using items like couches.

5. Rumble seat - Wikipedia

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   Rumble seat. A rumble seat (American English), dicky ( dickie / dickey) seat (British English), also called a mother-in-law seat, [ 1] is an upholstered exterior seat which folded into the rear of a coach, carriage, or early motorcar. Depending on its configuration, it provided exposed seating for one or two passengers.

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. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Table (furniture) A gilded Baroque table, with a stone top (most probably marble), from the Cinquantenaire Museum ( Brussels, Belgium) Rococo writing table; 1759; lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts and lined with modern leather; height: 80.6 cm, width: 175.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A table is an item of furniture with a ...