Armoire -Wardrobe / cupboard
Armoire à Glace -Mirrored wardrobe.
Baguette -Bead or astragal.
Barbière -Gentleman's mirrored shaving stand.
Barège Pompadour -Watered silk and woolen clothes popular in the mid-1830's for draping furniture.
Bas d'armoire -Low wardrobe.
Bergère a Transformation -Armchair with filled-in sides, opening to from a day bed.
Bibliotheque -Side cabinet glazed for books.
Billet Doux -Small screen with writing flap.
Bois Foncé -Dark stained wood.
Bois Noirci -Stained pear wood (c. f. with papier mâché)
Bonheur du Jour -A lady's small writing desk with drawers above a writing surface in the form of a flap.
Borne -A circular settee with an appliqué on the centre.
Boudeuse -Upholstered chair with two addorsed seats (see: dos à dos).
Bronze Doré -Gilt bronze fused by process firing mercury. Mercurial gilding. Ormolu.
Buffet -Glazed or paneled meuble d'appui with shelves above.
Bureau -Flat top desk, often with trestle supports.
Bureau à Cylindre -Cylinder desk.
Bureau à Gradin -Flat desk with drawers above the pullout writing surface (Bonheur du jour) (q. v.)
Bureau à la Bourgogne -See: bureau de dame.
Bureau à la Capucin -See: bureau de dame.
Bureau de Dame -Writing desk with superstructure of drawers and pull-out writing surface.
Bureau en Dos D'Ane -Derived from a table à écrir à gradin (q. v.)
Bureau en Pente -Originally called a bureau de dame (q. v.)
Bureau en Pupitre -Tall writing desk to be used standing.
Bureau Mazarin -Writing desk designed mid seventeenth century with two sets of four legs, each set joined by an X stretcher.
Bureau Plat -Flat top writing desk on four legs with three frieze drawers.
Canapé Médaillon -Louis XV style settee with oval central section.
Cannelures -Fluting, usually low, wide.
Chaise à Porteur -Sedan chair.
Chaise à Roulettes -Armchair with medallion back.
Chaise en Cariolet -Cabriole chair.
Chaise Fumeuse -Smoking chair with yoke shaped padded top rail. Sit on in reversed position.
Chaise Gondole -Inverted U back leading to the arms, usually with sabre legs.
Chaise Lambrequin -Upholstered low chair with lambrequin frieze.
Chauffeuses -Low chairs or stools.
Chauffeuse Grecque -Button upholstered chair.
Chiffonnier -Six drawer chest.
Chûtes -Bronze mounts at top of leg.
Coiffeuse -Dressing table
Coin de Feu -Small fireside chair.
Commode - A chest of drawers
Commode à Deux Vantaux -Chest with two cupboard doors often below on long drawer.
Commode Secretaire -Desk with an angled flap above two long drawers.
Console -Side table
Console Desserte -Ditto with marble top for food
Console Jardiniè -Self supporting side table zinc lined for flowers.
Corbeille à Ouvarage -Work table
Crapaud -Small button upholstered tub armchair with fringes hiding the legs and woodwork
Dos à Dos -Upholstered small double seat, literally for sitting back-to-back.
Duchesse -A comfortable day bed.
Duchesse Brisé -As above but splitting into three parts to form a berère, a stool and a small armchair. Occasionally found in two parts, forming two armchairs.
Duchesse en Trois -As above.
Ecran -Screen
Escritoire -Davenport.
Fauteuil -Open sided armchair.
Fauteuil à Rampe -A generous 'U' shaped chair with a button-upholstered top rail. Also chaise à rampe.
Fauteuil Anglais -An upholstered easy armchair, with only the moulded arm supports showing the woodwork.
Fauteuil de Bureau -A desk chair with one of the legs at the centre front.
Fauteuil de Cercle -Button upholstered easy chair.
Fauteuil de Repos -Easy chair (wood framed)
Fauteuil Voltaire -Button upholstered armchair with swan neck handles and tall back.
Guéridon -A small occasional table.
Guéridon à Abattant -Circular tip top table.
Indiscret -Three seater settee.
Jardinière -Stand with zinc lined container for flowers.
Lit à Enroulement -Bed with over scrolled ends and cylindrical cushions.
Lit à la Polonaise -Arched and canopied bed.
Lit de Parade -Formal 'state' bed.
Lit Bateau -A bed with two ends of equal height, each end over scrolled.
Meridiènne -Chaise longue with a back support at one end only and half-back or day bed.
Meuble d'Appui -Side cabinet (often blind fronted). Taller version called Meuble d'hauteur d'appui.
Moiré Pompadour -Watered silk and woolen cloths popular in the mid-1830s for draping furniture. Barège Pompadour (q. v.)
Ottomane Corbeille -oval button upholstered small canapé with woodwork showing.
Panier à Ouvarage -Work basket.
Petit Milieu de Salon -Button upholstered centre seat for four.
Piquet -Folding table à jeu (q. v.) with interior wells for counters.
Pliante -Folding chair or stool.
Portière -Curtained and pelmeted doorway.
Pouffe -Small button upholstered box stool.
Psyche -Cheval mirror early nineteenth century.
Raffrachissoir -A small table including brass or zinc wells for cooling bottles.
Secrétaire à Abattant -Flat fronted desk with fall front writing surface.
Secrétaire à Abattant à Doucine -Fall front writing surface above two cupbards.
Secrétaire à Culbute - A secrétaire en pente whose whole interior folds down to make a small flat top writing desk.
Secrétaire à Dessus Brise -Angled fall front desk above cupboards.
Secrétaire en Armoire -Old name for secrétaire à abattant, normally intended to go against a wall.
Secrétaire en Armoire -Old name for Secrétaire à abattant, normally intended to go against a wall.
Secrétaire en Encoignure -Corner desk
Secrétaire Scriban -Angled fall front desk on two long drawers with cupboards above.
Secrétaire Violonne -Secrétaire à abattant wasted to from rough outline of a violin. For example see lacquer secrétaire by J. F. Leleu.
Table à Ecrise -Flat top desk with pull-out writing (brushing) slide.
Table à Gibier -Long, low hunting table.
Table à Jeu -Usually large circular drum table.
Table à la Tronchin -Reading table on trestle supports with an adjustable centre flap.
Table Ambulante -Small light movable occasional table.
Table à Volets -Sofa table.
Table d'Aquarelliste -Small occasional table for the amateur painter.
Table de Canapé -Rectangular table with small 'D' flap at either end.
Table de Chevet -Bedside table.
Table de Salon -Centre table.
Table Pliante -Small mobile table with two flaps at one side only.
Tables Gigognes -Nest of tables.
Tabouret -Stool.
Tabouret en X -X frame stool.
Trabailleuse -Work table.
Vénitienne -Button upholstered double ended chaise longue.
Vieux Bois -A much favored term for Flemish 'Jacobethan² furniture.
Vis à Vis -See confidente (q. v.).
Voyeuse -Low chair with padded back rail for leaning on.
