List of furniture types
From The Right Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2024) |
This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building.[1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks.[1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.
Seating
Single seat
- Chair
- Lift chair
- Bean bag chair
- Chaise longue
- Fauteuil
- Ottoman
- Recliner
- Stool
- Footstool or ottoman
- Tuffet
- Fainting couch
- Rocking chair
- Bar chair
- Poufy
- Arm Chair
Multiple seats
- Bench
- Couch, also known as a sofa or settee
- Divan
- Love seat
- Chesterfield
Sleeping or lying
- Bed
- Daybed
- Futon
- Hammock
- Headboard
- Infant bed (crib, cradle)
- Sofa bed
- Toddler bed
Entertainment
- Billiard table
- Celestial globe
- Chess table
- Entertainment center
- Gramophone
- Hi-fi
- Jukebox
- Pinball machine
- Radiogram
- Home bar
- Radio receiver
- Piano
- TV
Tables
- Countertop
- Chabudai
- Changing table
- Desk
- Dressing table
- Kotatsu
- Korsi
- Monks bench
- Soban
- Table
- Washstand
- Workbench
Storage
- Baker's rack
- Bookcase
- Cabinetry
- Chest of drawers or dresser
- Chest
- Coat rack
File:Stumtjener.jpg A coat rack - Drawer (furniture)
- Hatstand
- Bar cabinet
- Filing cabinet
- Floating shelf
- Lowboy
- Nightstand
- Ottoman
- Plan chest
- Plant stand
- Shelving
- Sideboard or buffet
- Tallboy
- Umbrella stand
File:Schirmständer Metall (fcm).jpg An umbrella stand - Wardrobe or armoire
- Wine rack
- Commode
.jpg){kind=link}
Sets
- Bedroom set (group)
- Dinette (group)
- Dining set
- Vanity set
- Portable Lamps
- Patio set
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
Other
Definition 1: Objects usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in
- Built-in furniture (see Frank Lloyd Wright)
- Campaign furniture – furniture specifically designed to break down or fold for ease of travel
- Clothes valet
- Credenza
- Divider, shōji or partition
- Folding screen
- Garden furniture
- Lamps are covered under furnishings or lighting.
- Taboret
- Tatami mats used for sitting
- Work furniture
Definition 2: Accessories or fittings that are required for a particular function, situation, or setting
- Aquarium furniture
- Bar furniture
- Children's furniture
- Door furniture
- Hutch
- Park furniture (such as benches and picnic tables)
- Stadium seating
- Street furniture
- Sword furniture – on Japanese swords (katana, wakizashi, tantō) all parts save the blade are referred to as "furniture".
- In firearms, parts aside from the action and barrel, such as the grip, stock, butt, and comb.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kilmer, Rosemary; Kilmer, W. Otie (2024). Design Interiors. Wiley. pp. 507–538. ISBN 9781394199709.