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 Victorian era, what replaced handcrafted furniture as the dominant, more affordable option for the rising middle class?
Machine-made
A cabriole leg—iconic in Queen Anne and Chippendale pieces—features an upper convex arc and a lower what arc?
Concave
What 19th-century event introduced mass production to American furniture making?
Industrial Revolution
In drafty medieval homes where rooms were often shared, heavy four-poster bed curtains mainly provided what?
Warmth
In the 1940s–60s style famed for clean lines and teak, mid-century modern design prioritizes what quality over embellishment?
Function