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2. Ottoman (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Hinged seats also began to appear, so that the space inside the ottoman could be used to store items. The ottoman footstool, a closely allied piece of furniture, was an upholstered footstool on four legs, which could also be used as a fireside seat, the seat covered with carpet, embroidery, or beadwork. By the 20th century, the word ottoman ...

3. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Settles are commonly movable, but occasionally fixed. The settle shares with the chest and the chair the distinction of great antiquity. Its high back was a protection from the draughts of medieval buildings, protection which was sometimes increased by the addition of winged ends or a wooden canopy.

4. Bench (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A storage bench is a combination of sitting space and a storage box, often used for keeping gardening supplies or grill equipment. A form is a backless bench that was used for seating in dining rooms, school rooms and law courts — can be leather or upholstered fabric with or without a back rest. Wooden benches in early railway passenger cars

5. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   If the stool was made out of wood it would have a flint seat. [5] Footstools were made of wood. The Royal Footstool had enemies of Egypt painted on the footstool, so that way the pharaoh could symbolically crush them. [5] [34] Stools used by the upper-class would have upward sweeping corners and woven leather seats, with a padded cushion on top ...

6. Blanket fort - Wikipedia

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   A large blanket fort A blanket fort suspended on strings. A blanket fort is a construction commonly made using blankets, bed sheets, pillows, and sofa cushions. [1] It is also known as a couch fort, pillow fort, sheet fort or den. Parenting books frequently suggest building blanket forts as an activity for parents to participate in play with ...

7. List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom (2000–present ...

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   Left in a storage area of a block of flats after being murdered, Nyeko was discovered there by two boys on 13 January 2002. Head injuries had caused her death, and detectives tracing the 24-year-old Brixton woman's final movements found the last sighting of her to have been in St John's Crescent at about 10:00 p.m. on 10 January. [124] [8 ...