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Furniture has been a part of the human knowledge since the development of non-nomadic cultures. Evidence of fittings from antiquity survives in the form of paintings, such as the wall Murals discovered at Pompeii; sculpture, examples of which have been excavated in Egypt; and extant pieces, such as those originate in tombs in Ghiordes, in modern day Turkey.

The furniture of the Middle Ages was usually heavy, oak, and ornamented with imprinted designs. Along with the other arts, the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth and fifteenth century marked a renaissance in design, often inspired by the Greco-Roman tradition. A similar explosion of design, and renaissance of culture in general, occurred in Northern Europe, starting in the fifteenth century.

The seventeenth century, in both Southern and Northern Europe, was characterized by opulent, and often gilded Baroque designs that frequently included a profusion of vegetal and scrolling ornament. Starting in the eighteenth century, furniture designs began to develop more rapidly.

Although there were some styles that belonged primarily to one nation, such as Palladianism in Great Britain, others, such as the Rococo and Neoclassicism were perpetuated throughout Western Europe.The nineteenth is usually defined by concurrent revival styles, counting Gothic, Neoclassicism, and Rococo. The design reform of the late century, introduced the Aesthetic movement and the Arts and Crafts movement. Art Nouveau was influenced by both of these movements.

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