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Hitchcock Chairs For Sale  Antiques.com  ClassifiedsFurniture is movable things designed to support various individual activities such as seats (e.g., seats, stools, tables and sofas) and sleeping (e.g., beds). Furniture is also used to hold things at a convenient level for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as dining tables and desks), or to store things (e.g., cupboards and cabinets). Furniture can be a product of design and is considered a form of decorative art. Furthermore to furniture's functional role, it can provide a symbolic or spiritual goal. It can be created from many materials, including metal, plastic, and wood. Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joint parts which often reveal the local culture.Folks have been using natural objects, such as tree stumps, moss and rocks, as furniture since the beginning of real human civilisation. Archaeological research shows that from around 30,000 years back, people began constructing and carving their own furniture, using wood, natural stone, and animal bone fragments. Early furniture from this period is well known from artwork such as a Venus figurine found in Russia, depicting the goddess on the throne. The first surviving extant furniture is in the homes of Skara Brae in Scotland, and includes cupboards, beds and dressers all made of rock. Complex construction techniques such as joinery begain in the first dynastic period of Egypt, with constructed wooden pieces including stools and tables, embellished with valuable metals or ivory sometimes. The evolution of furniture design continued in ancient Greece and ancient Rome, with thrones being commonplace as well as the klinai, multipurpose couches used for relaxing, eating, and sleeping. The furniture of the Middle Ages was heavy usually, oak, and ornamented. Furniture design extended during the Italian Renaissance of the fifteenth and fourteenth century. The seventeenth century, in both Southern and Northern Europe, was characterized by opulent, often gilded Baroque designs. The nineteenth century is defined by revival styles. The first three-quarters of the twentieth century tend to be viewed as the march towards Modernism. One unique outgrowth of post-modern furniture design is a go back to natural shapes and textures

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