Home ::  Wall Units ::  Modular system ::  artv_1_15

Furniture glossary term of the Day:
COLONIAL - In America this style dominated from the earliest settlements to the Revolution of 1776. Here as elsewhere it represents styles that are rooted in mother countries but adapted to the materials and uses of the colonies, primarily Africa, India, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
COMMODE - Initially a French chest of drawers on legs; now loosely defined as any type of low chest containing doors or drawers.
CONSOLE - Term originally applied to a bracket that supported cornices or shelves and later used to describe tables that were affixed to a wall and supported with legs only at the front. Today it describes all types of tables used along a wall.