Product and Materials

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MATERIALS

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All furniture are built with Gmelina Arborea Wood or with combination of Marine Fly wood. 

For the long term maintenance of any wood product we recommend that there are no direct sources of heat very close by. 

Wood is a natural product and whilst W1 Ambiance only use timber that is well seasoned and dried,

 movement can occur in the home. Changing temperatures can cause the wood to shrink or expand.

Placing a piece of furniture up against a radiator will exaggerate this and may cause movement and in some cases slight cracking.

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PRODUCTS

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Antiquing - The process of making wood or fabric look old and used. This can be done through a finish, artificial weathering, or distressing.

Armoire - A tall, movable wardrobe with doors that are often sold as a bedroom piece instead of a chest of drawers.

 

Bachelor's Chest - This is a small-scaled chest of drawers

Banquette - Upholstered bench or settee.

Bookcase Headboard - A headboard for a bed that has space to store books, radios, clocks, and other small items.

Buffet Table - A French term referring to a sideboard used for storing china, silver, and linens.

Bun Foot - A bun shape, or flattened ball, with a slender ankle above.

Bureau - A low chest of drawers that usually has a mirror. Also called a dresser.

Butterfly Table - A small folding table with splayed legs generally turned.

 

Canopy Bed - The covering over a bed or other furniture, suspended by posts; traditionally a wooden frame with fabric.

Case Goods - A term used for pieces of furniture that are wood and not upholstered, especially those used in the dining room and bedroom.

Casters - Small wheels mounted on a swivel frame and then attached to a base or legs to facilitate moving a piece of furniture.

Canterbury Rack - A portable magazine rack

Cedar Chest - A rectangular storage chest made of sold cedar or cedar veneers to prevent moth damage on woolens.

Center Match Table - An arrangement of two veneer sheets of uniform size, matched in the center on a single face.

Chairback Headboard - This is an open headboard style resembling the back of a dining room chair.

Chaise Lounge - The French term is "long chair." Has also been referred to as a "fainting couch." Often used in bedrooms.

Cheval Mirro r- A swinging full-length mirror hung between two posts anchored by a crossbeam.

China Cabinet - A cabinet with a glass front and typically sits on a buffet or shallow cupboard.

Coffee Table - A long, low table used in front of a sofa. Also called a cocktail table.

Commode - A chest with drawers.

Corner Block - Triangular wood block used in the concealed structure under tabletops, inside cases,

Couch - Also called a sofa; it is an upholstered seat typically for more than one person.

Credenza - A small buffet or sideboard used for serving, storage, or display.

Curio Cabinet - An enclosed glass cabinet for displaying a variety of products such as glassware and other collectibles.

 

Daybed - A couch with low head and foot boards usually placed lengthwise along a wall.

Damask - A firm, glossy patterned fabric with a jacquard weave similar to brocade, but smoother.

Diamond Match - Four pieces of relatively straight-grained wood veneer cut diagonally then joined to meet in a central diamond shape.

Dinette - Small-scaled dining furniture with a table and four to six chairs designed for kitchen use, but also used in small dining areas.

Drawer Guide/Slide - These strips of wood or metal are placed under the center or on the outside of drawers

Dresser - A lower profile chest with drawers that is typically used as bedroom storage for cosmetics and clothing.

Drop-Leaf Table - A type of table with hinged leaves that fold down to shorten or lengthen the surface.

 

Engineered Wood - Any restructured composite of wood, including oriented strand board, particleboard, and plywood.

Fiberfill- A soft, synthetic material used as cushioning in upholstered furniture, bedding, and comforters.

Finish - A treatment that is applied to wood to protect the surface and to make it more durable and resistant to stains

Footboard - A supporting piece at the foot end of a bed, sometimes decorative.

Four Poster - Colonial bed with posts extended upward, may or may not hold a canopy.

Frame - The supporting structure of a piece of furniture.

Fretwork - Interlaced ornamental woodwork, usually in a complicated repeating, geometric pattern.

Hassock - A stuffed cushion used for a footstool or ottoman.

Headboard - A panel rising above mattress at the head of the bed. Often supports the bed rails.

Highboy - A high chest of drawers, deriving its name from haut bois, which is French for "high wood."

Hope Chest - Synonymous with a cedar chest and dowry chest.

Hutch - A top cupboard usually placed above a buffet or sideboard for the display of plates, cups, and utensils.

 

Lacquer - A colored or opaque varnish that is made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, sometimes with pigment added.

Ladder Back - A type of chair with back posts joined by a series of horizontal rails, resembling a ladder, used instead of a vertical splat.

Lattice - An openwork crisscross or fretwork made of thin, flat strips of wood or metal. Usually found on chairs and headboards.

Love seat - An upholstered seating piece, sofa, or settee for two persons.

 

Nightstand - Occasional table, sometimes with cabinet, drawer, or shelf, used beside a bed to hold such items as a lamp,

Occasional Furniture - This term may be applied to small furniture items such as cocktail tables, end tables, sofa tables, nightstands,

Ottoman- A low upholstered seat without arms or a back approximately the same height as a companion chair

 

Plain Weave -This is a basic weave in which the warp and weft are the same size and alternate under and over each other in a regular

Pickled Finish - The result of rubbing white or off-white paint onto previously stained and finished wood.

Platform Bed - A mattress that sets on the top of a wood or plastic platform or pedestal.

Plywood - A structural material made of very thin layers of wood bonded together with the grain of each layer, or ply,

Pull - A handle to open drawers or doors of cabinets.

 

Sectional Furniture - Upholstered furniture composed of complementary sections that can be grouped in a variety or arrangements

Settee - A long seat with side arms and back, sometimes upholstered.

Sideboard - This was originally an open-shelf dining room piece, literally a side board or boards.

Sleigh Bed - This is a bed with a large scroll-like foot board and headboard, similar to old-style sleigh fronts.

Sofa - Also called a couch; it is an upholstered seat typically for more than one person.

Sofa Bed - A generic term referring to a variety of sofas with mechanisms that allows them to convert from a sofa to a bed.

Staining - For wood finishing, this is the process of applying coloring matter to the outer surfaces of wood to enhance the grain,

 

Trundle Bed - Pullout bed on casters somewhat smaller than the bed under which it is set.

Tufting - An upholstery technique where the covering fabric and the padding are tied back in a definite pattern,

 

Upholstery - Fabric covered sofas and chairs, with most wood construction features hidden under layers of padding and fabric.

Brocade - A rich jacquard-woven fabric with an interwoven design of raised patterns, giving it an embossed appearance.

Chintz - A plain-woven cotton fabric with a glaze finish giving it a soft, lustrous appearance.

Quilted Fabric - Two layers of fabric that has padding between the layers, held in place by stitches that usually follow a definite pattern.

 

Twill - A strong, durable fabric woven with filling threads crossing the wrap in a staggered pattern

Ticking - A closely woven fabric used to cover mattresses, box springs, pillows, and cushions, historically with a stripe design.

 

Velour -This is a soft pile upholstery fabric, generally woven in a satin weave or plain weave, resulting in a short, thick pile.

Velveteen - A pile fabric often of cotton or rayon with a short, nappy surface.

Welting - A fabric-covered cord sewed into the edge seams of upholstery where a firm, defined edge is needed as for a box shaped cushion.

Yarn Dyed - Fabric where the yarn is dyed before it is woven or knitted.

Non-woven - Fabrics that are produced by the bonding or interlocking of fibers

Knitted Fabrics - Fabrics that are formed by knitting. The interlocking of loops of yarn rather than interlacing two sets of yarn as in weaving.

Jacquard Weave - A weave with multi-colored patterns produced on the type of loom created by Joseph-Marie Jacquard