# Furniture with proper names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925 "2024-08-20T04:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/1 "2024-08-20T04:40:29Z")
A mention of the “resolute desk” got me thinking that there must be other named pieces of furniture. I imagine that the thrones of several monarchies are named, as well as at least a few other pieces. This is proving to be beyond my Google-fu. Can anybody provide some examples? (If this is better suited to a more informal forum please move) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/2 "2024-08-20T04:46:33Z")
Moderating: Let’s put it in MPSIMS. I think it’s better suited. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/3 "2024-08-20T05:11:17Z")
Does the Woolsack ( in Parliament) count as a proper name? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/4 "2024-08-20T05:12:04Z")
Murphy bed? 😊 ---
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/5 "2024-08-20T05:25:43Z")
I would say that the woolsack fits what I’m after. Murphy bed not so much, but I knew I’d have some clever responses ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/6 "2024-08-20T05:29:48Z")
So stuff like the [Peacock Throne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_Throne) and [Sun Throne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Throne)? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/7 "2024-08-20T05:38:29Z")
St. Edward’s Chair got dusted off for a special occasion last year. > **[Coronation Chair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Chair)** > > The Coronation Chair, also known as St Edward's Chair or King Edward's Chair, is an ancient wooden chair\[a\] on which British monarchs sit when they are invested with regalia and crowned at their coronations. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the Stone of Scone, which he had captured from the Scots. The chair was named after Edward the Confessor and for centuries (until 1997) it was kept in his shrine at Westminster Abbey. The Coronation Chair was last used at the Coronati ---
**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/8 "2024-08-20T05:40:56Z")
Well, St Edward’s Chair is a wooden seat used in the coronation of British monarchs. St. Peter’s Chair is a wooden seat kept in a shrine in St. Peter’s in Rome and said by tradition to have been used by Peter as Bishop of Rome. No doubt, as the OP suggests, their are other named thrones used by various monarchs. Very often these terms refer not only to the particular item of furniture but also to the office with which it is associated — the Woolsack and the Chair of St Peter are both used this way. The Peacock Thone was used to refer to the position of the Mughal Emperor long after the actual throne had been captured by the Iranians and broken up. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/9 "2024-08-20T06:33:17Z")
Ark of the Covenant. It’s just a storage chest. Though possibly fictional. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/10 "2024-08-20T08:34:35Z")
[The Great Bed of Ware](https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/great-bed-of-ware?srsltid=AfmBOorXgYiVrCjoXim2XZWrrWo0zc_NkvgZnv5fIc0LfyWI2HMTLNYE) - a big assed bed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/11 "2024-08-20T11:18:46Z")
Partner’s desk? (Not sure if it’s singular or plural possessive) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/12 "2024-08-20T13:44:35Z")
How about Chairry? > **[Chairry](https://peewee.fandom.com/wiki/Chairry)** > > Chairry is a bluish-green armchair with eyes on the chair back, a mouth between the seat cushions, and armrests that flap around and occasionally hug Pee-wee when he sits on her. She dislikes being jumped on, as evidenced in the episodes The Gang's... [https://buttonmuseum.org/buttons/chairry](https://buttonmuseum.org/buttons/chairry) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/13 "2024-08-20T13:55:14Z")
[The Winchester Round Table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Table#Winchester_Round_Table), which is an homage to the legendary [Round Table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Table) of King Arthur. I don’t think there is a Winchester [Seige Perilous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_Perilous). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/14 "2024-08-20T14:01:36Z")
The [World’s Largest Office Chair](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Largest_Office_Chair). ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/15 "2024-08-20T14:16:24Z")
[The Spanish Inquisition’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o) dreaded “Comfy Chair”. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/16 "2024-08-20T14:37:03Z")
How about the Ottoman? A footstool named for an empire that is now a footnote. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/17 "2024-08-20T14:54:50Z")
Does the Algonquin Round Table count? I guess it’s not a specific table and more the name of the group of people. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/18 "2024-08-20T15:20:19Z")
Mazarin desk? ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/19 "2024-08-20T15:45:14Z")
Swedish Monarchs have used the Silver Throne since 1650. > **[Silver Throne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Throne)** > > The Silver Throne (Swedish: Silvertronen or Drottning Kristinas silvertron) is a throne which has been used by the Swedish monarch at coronations, accessions to the throne and the State Opening of Parliament. The Silver Throne is located in the Hall of State at Stockholm Palace. > The Silver Throne was made for Queen Christina's coronation in 1650. Crafted by Abraham Drentwett in Augsburg, Bavaria, it was a gift from Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie. Since coronations stopped being practiced the... ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/20 "2024-08-20T15:50:32Z")
Locally, we have The Pettin’ Chair, which is the chair upon which the cats sit when they want me to pet them while I’m working on my computer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925.md?page=2)