List of furniture types

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Furniture includes objects such as tables, chairs, beds, desks, dressers, cupboards, etc. usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.
Contents


* 1 Storage
* 2 Seating
* 3 Surfaces
* 4 Sets
* 5 Sleeping or lying
* 6 Entertainment
* 7 Other
* 8 See also

Storage

* Bookcase
* Cabinet
* Chest
* Credenza
* Cupboard
* Curio
* Dresser
* Nightstand
* Sideboard
* Wardrobe
Seating

* Bean bag
* Bench (furniture)
* Chair
* Chaise longue
* Couch
* Fauteuil
* Footstool
* Love seat
* Ottoman
* Recliner
* Settee
* Sofa (couch)
* Stool (type of chair)
* Tuffet
* Watchman's chair

Surfaces

* Coffee table
* Desk
* End table
* Folding table
* Gateleg table
* Table
Sets

* Bedroom set (group)
* Dinette (group)
* Dining set (group)
* Vanity set

Sleeping or lying

* Bed
* Headboard

[edit] Entertainment

* Gramophone
* Hi fi
* Piano
* Radiogram (furniture)
* Television set
* Wireless set

[edit] 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)
* Folding screen
* Garden furniture
* Headboard (furniture)
* Lamps are covered under furnishings or lighting.
* Radiogram (furniture)
* Clothes valet

Definition 2: Accessories or fittings that are required for a particular function, situation, or setting.

* Aquarium furniture
* Door furniture
* Hutch
* Park furniture (such as benches and picnic tables)
* Stadium seating
* Street furniture
* Sword furniture - on Japanese swords, (katana, wakizashi, tanto) 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.