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Message:: [QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 263191, member: 121"]It is probably archaic, but my Grandfather and Grandmother would use the term "furniture" for anything that "furnished" a place or space or purpose. In other words, the fireplace furniture would include the garniture, the tools, the fender, the dogs and the scuttle. The bed furniture would include the curtains, the curtain rings, the bolsters, the linens, the coverlet, etc. What ever you needed to furnish a bedstead for use. The sideboard was furnished with fitted drawers for flatware, the new (1941) refrigerator came with refrigerator furniture - glass storage containers. So if you can define the space, or the use, you can call a sleigh "furniture".......... so there - I have feebly furnished the furniture folly from family................... [/QUOTE]