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Welting

Home furnishings; General furniture

Cord wrapped in fabric which is used to trim upholstery seams and places where the fabric meets exposed wood.

Wrap group

Home furnishings; General furniture

Bedroom furniture designed to sit against a wall that can be juxtaposed to "wrap" around a room. Wrap groups often include small scale chests, hutches, student desks and corner desks.

Scoop seat

Home furnishings; General furniture

A chair with a seat that has been hollowed out to fit the body.

Slip seat

Home furnishings; General furniture

An upholstered "loose seat" insert that is dropped into the frame of a dining chair and can be removed for reupholstery.

Windsor chair

Home furnishings; General furniture

A wooden chair with a bentwood, fan, hoops or bow back and legs which are pegged into a thick saddle seat. The back is often formed of plain or turned spindles with or without splats.

Wing back chair

Home furnishings; General furniture

A comfortable large chair with side pieces (ears, wings) attached to the sides of the back, usually overstuffed.

Scrolls

Home furnishings; General furniture

Scrolls (curls) are the supportive and decorative members shaped like a scroll or curl which are connected to posts, rails, and each other on many brass (especially traditional) headboards and ...