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Contemporary style

Home furnishings; General furniture

This is not quite "traditional," not quite "casual. " This style tends to have straight, clean lines and edges, open curvature, and very little carvings or decorative touches. Modern style of ...

Mission/shaker style

Home furnishings; General furniture

Design philosophy developed in early American furniture-making. A very simple design featuring stripes of wood, mission and shaker furniture and is built on concepts of order, utility and ...

Queen Anne style

Home furnishings; General furniture

Furniture style that arose during the reign of Queen Anne (1702 â€" 1714), it was characterised by plain surfaces, simple curves and the cabriole leg.

Highboy

Home furnishings; General furniture

American term for a tall chest-on-stand. A high chest of drawers, deriving its name from haut bois, which is French for "high wood. ".

Oak wood

Home furnishings; General furniture

Durable wood of any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns as fruit.

Boston rocker

Home furnishings; General furniture

A 19th century American rocker with a curved seat, spindle back and wide top rail.

Drum table

Home furnishings; General furniture

Circular top table on a tripod base with a deep skirt that may contain drawers.

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