Nursing ChairA nursing chair is a low seated partially upholstered chair used at least since Victorian times for a woman’s use while nursing an infant. This chair form was particularly popular in England and found primarily in upper class homes. The types of wood most frequently used were oak, rosewood or walnut. The seat is often [...] |
Chests and Toy ChestsA chest (also called coffer or kist) is one of the oldest forms of furniture. It is typically a rectangular structure with four walls and a liftable lid, for storage. The interior space may be subdivided. The early uses of an Antique chest or coffer included storage of fine cloth, weapons, foods and valuable items. |
Co-sleepersCo-sleeping, also called the family bed, is a practice in which babies and young children sleep with one or both parents, as opposed to a separate infant bed. It has been widely practiced historically, is standard practice in many parts of the world, and is practiced by a significant minority in countries where infant beds [...] |
Wardrobe or ArmoireA wardrobe (sometimes called an “armoire” the french word) is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the sumptuous apparel of the great. [...] |
Dressers or CommodesDresser, also known (especially in United Kingdom) as chest of drawers or bureau, is a piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above each other. A chifforobe (from chiffonier + wardrobe) is a combination of a wardrobe and chest of drawers. |
Changing TablesChanging table is a small raised platform designed to allow a person to change a baby’s diaper, usually has a flat top with padding with small sides for protection, some of them have even shelves underneath for storage. Some crib’s designs include a changing table to go on top of them. |
Rocking ChairsRocking chair or rocker is a chair with two curved bands of wood attached to the bottom of the legs (one on the left two legs and one on the right two legs). This gives the chair contact with the floor at only two points granting the occupant to rock back and forth by shifting [...] |
Co-sleepersA Co-sleeper is a baby bed that attaches to the side of an adult bed, allowing baby to remain close to the parents at night without actually being in the adult bed. Co-sleepers resemble a crib with one of the side rails taken off. The open end is placed next to the adult bed, with [...] |
Bassinets and Moses BasketsBassinet is a small bed specifically for newborn babies, from birth to about four months, and small enough to provide a “cocoon” that small babies find comforting. Because newborns are unable to sit or crawl, there is no reason to restrict their mobility in the way an infant bed or crib does. Babies may be [...] |
Nightstand or Bedside TableNightstand or Bedside table is a small table or cabinet designed to stand beside a bed or elsewhere in a bedroom, is often used as a place for convenient placement to anything likely to be required during the night, such as a lamp shade or other personal items. |