Furniture is any movable object in your house that makes it possible to live or work. This includes anything that you use for storage, to sit on in and any flat surface you use to eat at or to write. Furniture is seen in a number of different ways. Some see it just as decoration. Others see it only for its practical uses. Look into the past. Look at how other eras perceived furniture. Was it important to them? Did they decorate their homes with multiple couches and mirrors on every wall?
Ancient furniture from the stone age was made out of wood. This furniture is no longer in existence because it had rotten away long ago. We have found out anything we know about their furniture from their art and wall drawings. Their art pieces, such as statues and vases, were made out of stone and have been very well preserved.
One of the only surviving examples of ancient furniture comes from Egypt. The Egyptians believed they could bring their possessions with them into the after life, therefore their furniture was buried with them and preserved in the air tight tombs. They had copied the legs of most of their furnishings from the legs of real animals. The chair seats were not flat. They were concave as to fit the body of a human.
Greek furniture is very much influenced by the Egyptian furniture. Greek furniture was made to be comfortable, not stylish. They never overly decorated their furniture. The wood had elegant carvings. They never had a lot of furniture in their houses. They liked to have a lot of space in their homes.
Romans did not keep a lot of furniture in their homes either. They loved to have space in their homes. They decorated the walls with mosaics and paintings. The Romans had very simple furniture. They usually had a table, lamps, a couch or bed and chairs and stools. They never had dressers and desks or curio cabinets. They did not not have mirrors adorning their walls or hat racks in the corners. Nor did they have mantles and bookshelves.
Furniture produced by American settlers was made to suit their lives. It was usually very simple furniture, considering they had just settled into a new country. Some of their furniture may have been based on the styles in England, but much of the furniture was very simple and was made just to have a chair or a table in the house. Style was not considered very often.
Furniture has been around for as long as we can track time. The simplicity changes with the culture and times. Many ancient civilizations have made a great impact on how we style furniture today and how we furnish our homes. Many of our furniture are either roman inspired, Egyptian inspired, or modern. There is no doubt that we owe every design and inspiration to our ancestors.
Whether our furniture is designed for simplicity or elegance, the influence can definitely be found in an era long past. It almost always gives a story and idea of how people were living their lives in those times.
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Annie is an expert furniture and interior design writer.
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