List of furniture types

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An expandable table with chairs

This is a list of furniture types. Furniture includes objects such as tables, chairs, beds, desks, dressers, and cupboards. These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.

Seating[]

A recliner

Single seat[]

• Chair
• Lift chair
• Bean bag
• Chaise longue
• Fauteuil
• Ottoman
• Recliner
• Stool
  • Bar Stool
• Footstool or ottoman
• Tuffet
• Fainting couch
• Rocking chair

Multiple seats[]

• Bench
• Couch, also known as a sofa or settee
  • Accubita
  • Canapé
  • Davenport
  • Klinai
• Divan
• Love seat
• Chesterfield

Sleeping or lying[]

• Bed
  • Bunk bed
  • Canopy bed
  • Four-poster bed
  • Murphy bed
  • Platform bed
  • Sleigh bed
  • Waterbed
• Daybed
• Futon
• Hammock
• Headboard
• Infant bed (crib, cradle)
• Sofa bed
• Toddler bed

Entertainment[]

Contemporary (2007) home entertainment center

• Billiard table
• Chess table
• Entertainment center
• Gramophone
• Hi-fi
• Jukebox
• Pinball machine
• Radiogram
• Home bar
• Radio receiver
• Piano

Tables[]

• Countertop
• Chabudai
• Changing table
• Desk
  • Davenport desk
  • Drawing board
  • Computer desk
  • Writing desk
• Kotatsu
• Korsi
• Lowboy
• Monks bench
• Pedestal
• Table
  • Coffee table
  • Dining table
  • Refectory table
  • Drop-leaf table
  • End table
  • Folding table
  • Gateleg table
  • Poker table
  • Trestle table
  • TV tray table
  • Wine table
• Washstand
• Workbench

Storage[]

• Baker's rack
• Bookcase
• Cabinetry
  • Bathroom cabinet
  • Chifforobe
  • Closet
  • Cupboard
  • Curio cabinet
  • Gun cabinet
  • Hutch
  • Hoosier cabinet
  • Kitchen cabinet
  • Liquor cabinet
  • Pantry
  • Pie safe
  • Stipo a bambocci
• Chest of drawers or dresser
• Chest
  • Cellarette
  • Hope chest
• Coat rack
  

  A coat rack
• Drawer (furniture)
  • Hall tree
• Hatstand
• Filing cabinet
• Floating shelf
• Nightstand
• Ottoman
• Shelving
• Sideboard or buffet
• Umbrella stand
  

  An umbrella stand
• Wardrobe or armoire
• Wine rack
• Commode

Sets[]

A bedroom set

• Bedroom set (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[]

A garden bench

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
• 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[]