Furniture Trivia
Sit up straight—if you can tell an Egg Chair from a rocking chair, you're clearly the ultimate furniture aficionado.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In the late 19th century, “patent” furniture offered ingenious multi-use designs for crowded city flats—what were these pieces chiefly meant to conserve?
Space
A cabriole leg—iconic in Queen Anne and Chippendale pieces—features an upper convex arc and a lower what arc?
Concave
Named for four successive British monarchs from 1714–1830, the Georgian furniture style takes its name from rulers all sharing which first name?
George
In the 1940s–60s style famed for clean lines and teak, mid-century modern design prioritizes what quality over embellishment?
Function
In drafty medieval homes where rooms were often shared, heavy four-poster bed curtains mainly provided what?
Warmth