Art Deco: Decorative style from the early 20th century characterized by geometric designs, bold colors, and the utilization of plastic and glass
Bathroom vanity: Those vanities provide a sink, mirror and all the storage necessary for cosmetic activity for a bathroom
Bedroom vanity: Those vanities provide a desk, mirror and jewelry storage to better realize makeup.
Beech: Lasting hardwood with light grain patterns. This wood is perfect for stained and painted finishes.
Beveled glass: Glass are characterized by 1/4 inch-thick 'bevel' around the edges of the glass sheet, creating a beautiful soft edge that catches the light.
Birch: Durable close-grained hardwood.
Bleaching: A technique to lighten the overall color of a wood.
Burl: Decorative wood veneer made out of overgrown knots or outgrowth.
Casting: A process in which metal is melted to be molded in a specific shape.
Casual Style: These tables are usually displayed in a comfortable, warm, relaxing, homey part of the house. Overall, they have simple design, textured elements, soft details, and restful horizontal lines.
Chenille: Extremely soft and bunchy fabric.
Cheval mirror: This type of mirror are built to stand on the floor; they are often vertical and can be inclined to better reflect its target
Chippendale: Wooden furniture featuring fretwork created by Thomas Chippendale in the 18th century; this is characterized by flowing lines and often rococo ornamentation.
Colonial: Style generated by the colonial interaction between Europe and their colonies.
Console table: Also called a 'sofa table', this is a long, thin and tall table often located on the side of a sofa or against a wall. This table is used for storage and display of decorative items.
Contemporary style: This is not quite "traditional," not quite "casual." This style tends to have straight, clean lines and edges, open curvature, and very little carvings or decorative touches.
Country: These tables are casual and unpretentious. They will combine simplicity and traditional designs. Almost exclusively light and warm colored woods, this can be thought of having "rustic class".
Demilune: Half-moon tables that are perfect to put against the wall. They usually come with matching mirrors.
Distressing: An aged wood finish created by scratches, dents and wear.
Dovetail: A decorative, durable joint formed by tight interlocking wedges.
Embossing: Decorative designs molded or carved on the occasional table
Engraving: A printing technique, usually on metal
Etching: Similar to engraving, but concerns more complexe graphics and is not as durable.
Fixture mirror: Mirror that are built-in another piece of furniture as an accent
Frame: The structure around the glass that support the mirror
Glaze: A finish process of a thin smooth shiny coating to highlight grain characteristics of wood.
Global/Exotic style: This style is inspired by the materials and design of tropical or far-away places. These pieces are typically non-western and non-traditional in design.
Grain: The pattern of the fibers in wood that create the oval or curvy patterns found in wood furniture.
Hardwood: Durable wood of trees that replace their leaves every year
Hutch: A component with doors or shelves that is placed on top of a base piece.
Inlay: Decorative technique that consists of implanting wood, metal, stones, leather, or other materials into a piece of furniture or veneer.
Jewelry armoire: Those pieces are specifically meant to store jewelry.
Kiln-dried Hardwood: Specially treated hardwood to reduce the moisture found in the lumber, thereby ensuring that the frame will not crack, split or warp.
Knot: Knot shapes are carved on wood to bring extra ornament and style, or can be a natural darker area in the grain of the wood.
Laminate: Thin layers of material formed together to create a solid piece to craft into furniture or tabletops.
Landscape: Landscape mirror are longer in length than in height.
Louis XV and XVI: Extremely refined designs inspired from French period of the 18th century, typically utilizing rich fabrics and an abundance of carving and gilding.
Mahogany: Durable tropical wood with handsome grain in a reddish color.
Maple: A hard, heavy, and light-colored natural grain wood.
Marquet: Beautiful pattern displayed by inlays of a material (contrast wood, metal, or ivory) into the veneer of wood.
Matte: In contrast to shiny or glossy looks, matte finish displays rough and warm surfaces.
MDF: Medium density fiber board - a man-made material used as a durable alternative to wood.
Mission/Shaker style: Design philosphy developed in early American furniture-making. A very simple design featuring stripes of wood, mission and shaker furniture and is built on concepts of order, utility and durability.
Modern style: Clean lines, art, industrial elements and bold color characterize these tables. This style is known for its underlying simplicity of line, shape, form, and attention to practical functions.
Molding: Decorative shape protruding inward or outward from the surface of tables. It results from the use of mold to shape intricate design.
Mosaic frame: Frame accented with minuscule stone of diverse color to create decorative shapes and effects.
Natural finish: This finish utilizes the original, light color of the wood as a finish.
Oak wood: Durable wood of any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns as fruit.
Occasional table: Category gathering any small tables, but generally concerning coffee tables, end tables and sofa tables.
Ornate mirror: Those mirrors have frames that spur with ornate designs all around.
Overlay: Decorative layer on surface of a table.
Paint finish: This implies the use of a decorative color to finish a table. Paints can range from simple monochrome to very complex multi color paintings.
Parquet: Geometric wood patterns put together in a decorative veneer to accent a accent a furniture.
Patina: A fine coating on any metal surface, the result of age and use.
Pine: A soft, durable wood that is light in color with a straight, medium coarse grain; ideal for distressed and rustic, decorative finishes.
Plywood: Layers of wood attached to each other using a cross grain method. This type of material provides flexibility combined with strength.
Polyurethane: A clear plastic overlay.
Portrait mirror: Those mirrors are higher in height than in length
Powder coating: Durable finish achieved by coating metal furniture with electrically charged paint powder that is then baked and fused to the metal surface.
Queen Anne: Very famous 18th century style characteristically known for simple designs and soft shapes.
Rattan: Tropical wood that this made of climbing palms that long tough slender stems
Rosette: A round floral designs
Silk: A fine fabric made of silk filaments from the well known silkworm's cocoon.
Staining: The step in the finishing process that applies color to a piece of furniture while allowing the grain to show through.
Stools: Vanity stools are short and often upholstered to in a tradional fashion
Sunburst mirror: Those mirrors have frames that have sun burst all around just like a the sun itself
Synthetic mirror: These mirror frame are built in a synthetic material that reproduce the real material
Tapestry: Decorative fabric that features pictures or intricate designs, often similar to large wall hangings made for castles.
Teak: Durable tropical hardwood
Tempered glass: Made to last because it is stronger than regular glass. tempered glass, when broken, is shattered into many small manageable fragments as opposed to large shards.
Traditional style: Based on historic design models, this style is characteristically ornate, ordered and bold. Straight lines are often contrasted with curved details, brass, iron, and hand painted wood.
Tri-Fold mirror: Set of 3 three mirror hinged to each other to reflect an elegant reflection effect
Two-way mirror: Those mirror relfect from both side (front and back)
Upholstery: Tables that are covered in fabric, vinyl, leather.
Veneer: Thin leaf of wood applied onto panel or frame of solid wood. It displays richly grained effects inexpensively. Common veneers are rosewood, maple and mahogany.
Victorian: Traditional style of furniture that is also referred to as: Gothic, Victorian Rococo, or Victorian Renaissance.
Wall mirror: Mirror that are meant to be hung on the wall.
Walnut: European hardwood with dark brown color.
Wax: Finish to add protection and finish to enhance the natural appearance of wood.
Wicker: A flexible plant weawed to create beautiful exotic structure for furniture.


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