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Furniture is movable things intended to support various human being activities such as seats (e.g., chairs, stools, tables and sofas) and sleeping (e.g., mattresses). Furniture is also used to carry objects at a convenient level for work (as horizontal surfaces above the bottom, such as desks and desks), or even to store things (e.g., cupboards and shelves). Furniture can be considered a product of design and is known as a form of decorative art. Furthermore to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or spiritual goal. It could be made from many materials, including metal, plastic, and wood. Furniture can be made utilizing a variety of woodworking joints which often reveal the neighborhood culture.People have been using natural objects, such as tree stumps, rocks and moss, as furniture because the beginning of human being civilisation. Archaeological research implies that from around 30,000 years back, people started constructing and carving their own furniture, using wood, rock, and animal bone fragments. Early furniture from this period is known from artwork such as a Venus figurine within Russia, depicting the goddess on a throne. The first surviving extant furniture is in the homes of Skara Brae in Scotland, and includes cupboards, mattresses and dressers all made of rock. Complex construction techniques such as joinery begain in the early dynastic amount of Egypt, with constructed wooden pieces including tables and stools, sometimes decorated with valuable metals or ivory. 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 Age groups was heavy usually, oak, and ornamented. Furniture design extended through the Italian Renaissance of the fifteenth and fourteenth hundred years. The seventeenth century, in both Southern and Northern Europe, was seen as a opulent, gilded Baroque designs often. The nineteenth century is usually defined by revival styles. The first three-quarters of the twentieth century have emerged as the march towards Modernism often. One unique outgrowth of post-modern furniture design is a return to natural textures and forms
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