Antique furniture

	Antique furniture Basic History on Antique Furniture \nVery early humans were nomads, moving from location to location, and survived from only what nature provided. Furniture to them was no more than a log to sit on. As they learned to cultivate the soil much of their survival hunting activities ceased and their need for community work grew. They established homes (very crude by today's standards) beside their cultivated land -- simple huts of wood and reed, perhaps daubed with clay or mud, and later of stone and baked clay-bricks. *It was this "home" and community gathering (civilization) that created the need for furniture.* The earliest furniture was understandably very primitive and only practical, but gradually the furniture also began to have more importance and it became decorated. At this point furniture became early "status" symbols. Wealthy home owners became more refined and demanded that their funishings reflect their status and lifestyle. By the time of the ver ancient Greeks and Romans furniture began to take on the shape and style of pieces we still see today: There were stools, footstools, easy-chairs, and forms of the chaise lounge. And; tables with one to four legs, beds and cabinets and chests. Interesting Fact \nDid you know... Before 1600 chairs were used only by the master and mistress of the house. Everyone else had to sit on stools or benches. External links \nAntique Furniture Timeline covering the period 1650 to 1950.\nEnglish Periods and Styles of Antique Furniture.
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