Furniture

The term "furniture" refers to moveable objects that are designed to serve a variety of human activities, including sitting (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), dining (tables), storing goods, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping. Examples of furniture include stools, chairs, and couches (e.g., beds and hammocks). As horizontal surfaces elevated off the ground, such as tables and desks, furniture may also be used to keep items at a height that is more conducive to work, and it can also be used to store things (e.g., cupboards, shelves, and drawers). It's possible to think of furniture as a type of ornamental art and as a result of design at the same time. It is possible for some pieces of furniture to have religious or symbolic significance in addition to their practical use. It is possible to construct it out of an extremely diverse range of materials, including wood, metal, and plastic. A wide range of woodworking joints may be used to construct furniture, and these joints often reflect the cultural traditions of the region in which the piece is manufactured.

Since the dawn of human civilization, people have used natural things such as tree stumps, pebbles, and moss as furniture. This practise is still ongoing in certain homes and campgrounds today. According to the findings of archaeological study, humans began to make and carve their own furniture some 30,000 years ago, utilising materials such as wood, stone, and animal bones. The first examples of furniture from this time period are shown in works of art, such as a Venus figure discovered in Russia that shows the goddess sitting on a throne. Cabinets, dressers, and beds made entirely out of stone may be seen in the houses of Skara Brae, which are located in Scotland. These pieces are the earliest examples of furniture to have survived to the present day. In the early dynasty era of ancient Egypt, more complex building methods like as joinery were first developed. During this historical period, objects made of wood, such as chairs and tables, were produced and sometimes embellished with precious metals or ivory. The development of furniture design continued in ancient Greece and ancient Rome, where thrones and klinai, multifunctional couches used for lounging, eating, and sleeping, were ubiquitous. Throne seating was also popular in both of these cultures. The typical piece of furniture from the Middle Ages was made of wood and was somewhat ornate. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw a flourishing of furniture design in Italy thanks to the influence of the Renaissance. In the seventeenth century, sumptuous, often gilded Baroque designs were popular across Europe, particularly in Southern Europe but even in Northern Europe. The revival styles of the nineteenth century are often used to characterise the century. Many people consider the first three-quarters of the twentieth century to be the period in which modernism gained ground. A trend that emerged as a distinctive offshoot of post-modern furniture design was a revival of organic forms and surfaces.