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1. Properties of good
furniture
▶ Furniture can be a product of artistic design and is considered a form of decorative
art.
▶ In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious
purpose.
▶ Domestic furniture works to create, in conjunction with furnishings such as clocks
and lighting, comfortable and convenient interior spaces.
▶ Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflect the
local culture.

2. ▶ Good furniture is not weak, fragile, or shaky
when new, and will not develop weaknesses
with normal use over long periods of time.

3. Materials used to make
furniture
▶ The primary structure of most furniture is based on four
families of materials.
▶ The four families of materials are:
 stone
 Metal
 Plastics
 Glass.

4. STONE
Includes :
• Granite – very durable,
impervious stone
• Limestone – heatproof, softer,
more porous
• Marble – heatproof,
impervious to water, porous,
needs sealing
• Sandstone – harder than
limestone, slip resistance,
porous, will stain
• Slate – waterproof, resists
damp, stains, scratches, flakes
• Terrazzo – stone aggregate,
waterproof, hardwearing, can
crack, slippery

5. Metal
▶ These are the some metals
used in the forming furniture-
 Steel
 Aluminum
 copper,
 brass,
 bronze,
 iron

6.  CHARACTERSTICS & USES OF THE METALS
▶ Metals are used to make parts, such as legs, frames, and table bases
and also as a primary material for office furniture, kitchen cabinetry,
utility shelving, and storage units.
▶ Stainless steel resists rusting, so it is used in the large amount.

7. ▶ Steel is used to make springs in sofas.
▶ Aluminum in the form of tubes, and formed sections, such as
angles, channels, and T’s is used for cast legs, frames, and
small parts.

8. FURNITURE OF METALS

9. Plasti
cs
▶ There are several types of the plastic used in the furniture making-
 PlasticLaminates-
these are composed of layers of heavy paper impregnated with melamine
resin.

10.  Syntheticfibre
▶ They are very much light weight in nature and
are available in all colours.
Ex- Fabric furniture and sofa sets upholstery are
made by the Synthetic fibre.
 MoldedPlastics-
such as styrene, polyethylene, nylon, and vinyl, are
often made into small parts, such as glides, rollers,
edge trim, and drawer pulls

11. Furniture of the plastics
Stadium chairs
of the moulded
plastic

12. Upholstery furniture
and sofa sets

13. gla
ss
▶ Glass is used in the form –
 Hardorsoftglass-
Hard and soft glass is used in tables and the windows.
And others furniture.
 Acrylics-
such as Plexiglas and Lucite, resemble glass in their transparency,
but can be made translucent and colored, and opaque.
Acrylics can be bent and molded into curved shapes.

14. ▶
Fibergla
ss-
A hybrid material in which glass fibers are embedded
in a molded polyester resin.
It is used to make custom auto body parts and small
boat hulls.
Chair made by fibre glass

15. The Eames' fiberglass reinforced chairs solved
the problem of
how to make a seat out of a single shell. This
chair went into production
in 1950.

16. This chair has a molded fiberglass
frame that is made of fire-retardant
polyurethane foam.
Fiberglassseats
designed by Swedish designer
Peter Fargring and produced by London
based LosPalurdos