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Classification and Characteristics of Furniture

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Furniture is objects of applied arts intended for mobile and permanent furnishing of residential interiors. Among other things, it serves for storage, work, eating, sitting, lying down, sleeping and relaxing. Furniture can be used individually, in suites or sets.

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Smardzewski, J. (2015). Classification and Characteristics of Furniture. In: Furniture Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19533-9_2

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