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
Hepplewhite - An 18th century French design featuring detailed chair backs in shield, heart or wheel cutwork shapes and case pieces often featuring oval panel inlays.
Highboy - Large case piece up on legs, usually found in traditional styles of furniture, consisting of a series of full and smaller drawers.
Highlighting - A color-removal technique done in the finishing process to highlight natural grain characteristics.
Hope Chest - Synonymous with cedar chest and dowry chest.
Hutch - A cabinet with doors or open shelving, usually on legs, used to store and/or display dinnerware.
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