Wabi-Sabi: Representing a Japanese worldview, it's a style of perceiving art and beauty that pervades all things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.
Wainscot Chair: An Elizabethan oak chair with a back that's paneled like wainscoting on a wall. These chairs are quite massive and ornately carved with strap work.
Wainscoting: An application of wood molding up to the middle or lower half of a wall.
Wall Clock: Any type of clock that's made specifically for hanging on a wall. Find a wall clock.
Wall Mirror: Any type of mirror that's designed to be hung on a wall. Find a wall mirror.
Wall Sculpture: A decorative wall hanging made from any material including wood, metal and synthetic materials. Find a wall sculpture.
Wall Units: Large free-standing or wall hung units which can have drawers, shelves, cabinets, desks, entertainment centers or other features.
Wallpaper: A decorative material which is used to cover and decorate the interior walls of homes, offices and other buildings. Wallpaper is usually sold in rolls and is put onto a wall using wallpaper paste. Find wallpaper.
Wardrobe: A tall upright cabinet with a door or doors. Designed for storing clothing. Find a wardrobe cabinet.
Warp (or Weft): The yarns running lengthwise in a piece of fabric, i.e., perpendicular to the woof (or welt).
Wash Stand: A cupboard or chest of drawers on four legs with a basin sunk into the top. These were specially adapted for bedroom use after 1750.
Waterfall Skirt: A skirt on an upholstered piece of furniture that falls from the top of the base below the cushion line to the floor without interruption.
Webbing: Interwoven strips of material attached to a frame; used for support in upholstery pieces in place of traditional spring systems.
Wellington Chest: A tall, narrow, relatively plain type of chest named after the Duke of Wellington. Find a chest of drawers.
Welsh Cupboard: A cabinet with a large enclosed storage base and upper area with open shelves.
Welting (or Piping): A cord wrapped in fabric, which is used to trim upholstery seams and places where the fabric meets with exposed wood.
What-Not: A mobile stand/cart with open shelves. In use after 1800 for books, decorative accents, etc.
Wheat: Term refers to carved ornamentations representing three ears of wheat. This motif was extensively used by Hepplewhite.
Wicker Furniture: Furniture woven from materials such as willow, reed, and rattan. Find wicker and rattan furniture.
William & Mary: This style is named after the 17th Century English King and Queen. This style came to America in the early 1700's. Common pieces of this style included high-backed upholstered armchairs, highboys, lowboys, etc. The elements of this design include features such as curved lines, marquetry, bun or ball feet, inlay and oriental lacquer-work.
Williamsburg Style: A style of decor inspired by the early colonial settlement of Williamsburg, Virginia.
Windsor Chair: A style of wooden chair originating in the early 1700's, which is still very popular today that features a spindle back shaped in fans, hoops or combs. This style was named for Windsor Castle but gained true popularity in America. Woods used included birch, pine, hickory, ash, maple and oak. Find dining room chairs.
Wine Rack: A rack for storing bottles of wine. Wine racks can vary in size from a small rack used on a kitchen counter to something as large as a big bookcase. Find a wine rack.
Wine Table: Traditionally a horseshoe shaped serving table for serving wine and hor d'oeuvres.
Wing Chair (Wing-Back Chair): A high backed upholstered chair featuring rolled arms and wing shaped protrusions that extend over the arms at the head level. Introduced in America around the early 1700's. Find a wing back chair.
Woof: The yarns running crosswise on a piece of woven fabric that interlace with the warp (or weft).
Worm Holes: Small holes found in wood, considered a defect in many instances and a character-providing element in others such as rustic furniture pieces.
Wrap Group: Bedroom furniture that's usually designed for children's bedrooms to go against the walls so it can wrap around a room. Wrap groups often include small chests, dressers, student desks and hutches. They make a great use of limited space and provide a lot of storage.
Writing Desk: A smaller sized desk or table commonly used for personal use such as writing letters or paying bills. Find a writing desk.
X-Chair: An "X" shaped folding chair. X-chairs date back to ancient Egypt, Rome and the Middle Ages.
X-Stretcher: A crossed stretcher at the bottom of a chair or table.
Yorkshire Chair: An oak chair featuring turned front legs and stretchers. Native of Yorkshire, England during the 17th Century.
Yorkshire Dresser: A dresser or cupboard, of oak or deal with a low back.
Zenana: Furniture that was reserved for the part of a home in which women and girls were secluded in ancient Persia.
Zigzag: A molding or stitching with a series of frequent sharp turns from side to side.
Note: Some terms in this glossary may no longer be in common use and are posted for reasons of historical interest.
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