This is a quick and easy to understand guide to learn some popular information about furnitures. If you have a term or phrase that you want to learn more about, click on its beginning letter down below.
This glossary of common furniture terms may help familiarizing yourself with furnitures. It may also help improving your product knowledge on different kind of furnitures, and on furniture construction as well.
Furniture terms
Gilding - Coating with a thin layer of gold or similar gold-like substance.
Glaze - A coloring technique in the finishing process that is hand blended to highlight grain characteristics of wood or give a high sheen to leather.
GooseNeck Arm - An occasional or dining chair with a curved wooden arm resembling that of a gooseneck.
Grain - The natural markings in wood caused by growth rings; the grain of each wood species is specific to that species.
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