1. Furniture Styles & Construction
Objectives:
After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
Describe various furniture types and styles
Identify ways to evaluate quality furniture construction
Tell how consumers are protected when buying furniture.

2. Types of Furniture

3. Types of Furniture
There are many different types of furniture such as sofas, chairs, beds, etc. Within each type, there are many styles. As an Interior Designer, you must be familiar with the types and styles of furniture available to your clients.
What is the oldest piece of furniture in your home?
What are its special features?
Does the furniture evoke certain feelings?

4. Chaise Longue Chaise Lounge
Types of Furniture
Chaise Longue Chaise Lounge
Side Chair

5. Chaise Longue / Chaise Lounge
An upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs.
Long reclining chair

6. Types of Furniture
Settee

7. Types of Furniture
A settee is a bench style seating, usually with arms and a high back, long enough to accommodate three or four sitters.
Tuxedo style chairs are simple, masculine, sleek and angular.

8. Ottoman Chair
A piece of furniture consisting of a padded, upholstered seat or bench having neither back nor arms, often used as a stool or footstool, or in some cases as an improvised coffee table.

9. Types of Furniture

10. Types of Furniture

11. Types of Furniture

12. Types of Furniture

13. Individual Activity:
Imagine it is the year 2050, and you are designing furniture for use in a home. Briefly sketch different pieces of furniture that might be used in this future period.
Do you predict that the furniture will be completely different from anything ever designed before, or will it have components from earlier designs?