# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/21 "2024-08-20T15:57:24Z")
The Iron Throne. [![](https://a.media-amazon.com/images/I/61SfIzYlfuL._AC_SL1075_.jpg) ](https://a.media-amazon.com/images/I/61SfIzYlfuL._AC_SL1075_.jpg) ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/22 "2024-08-20T16:01:22Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Mazarin desk? Is that where you keep the Mazarin Stone? ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/23 "2024-08-20T16:22:33Z")
David Ogden Stiers _ **IS** _ Cogsworth the mantelpiece clock in **Beauty and the Beast**. Sadly, Jo Ann Worley as the wardrobe has no name. ---
**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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/24 "2024-08-20T16:32:49Z")
The ottoman dog is named [Sultan](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Sultan_(Beauty_and_the_Beast)) (get it?). ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/25 "2024-08-20T16:35:04Z")
I don’t get it; clue me in. Cool! I wasn’t sure if Lumiere, the candelabrum, counted as furniture. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/26 "2024-08-20T16:41:46Z")
The Emperor of Japan sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne: [Chrysanthemum Throne - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum_Throne) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/27 "2024-08-20T16:41:51Z")
Here in Georgia we have the Indian Seats [![](https://eacfd802756c9c1eb360-7ee9fe671662d04ed75180f80bd440fb.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/sawnee-mountain-preserve-loop-5006.jpg) ](https://eacfd802756c9c1eb360-7ee9fe671662d04ed75180f80bd440fb.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/sawnee-mountain-preserve-loop-5006.jpg) ---
**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/28 "2024-08-20T16:42:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I don’t get it; clue me in. The Ottoman Empire was ruled by sultans. (…ha ha?) ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/29 "2024-08-20T16:48:13Z")
Thanks; sometimes the obvious ain’t. (Good thing it isn’t Bart Simpson’s Beauty and the Beast — the footstool would be **OttoMan**.) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/30 "2024-08-20T17:15:28Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > 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. … might sound similar, … but must not to be confused with **Vance’s Masturbation Couch** ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/31 "2024-08-20T18:21:17Z")
It would work if there were only one of them. I think that the ottoman has been turned into a generic term at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/32 "2024-08-20T18:23:55Z")
You could sit in you Windsor chair with your feet on your Ottoman, sipping Bourbon. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/33 "2024-08-20T18:25:31Z")
[Stone of Scone - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/34 "2024-08-20T19:31:30Z")
I prefer the > **[Scone of Stone](https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Scone_of_Stone)** > > The Scone of Stone is the most famous form of dwarf bread. It has seated the Low Kings of the Dwarfs since it was first created to seat B'hrian Bloodaxe, some fifteen hundred years ago. The Low King cannot be Low King without it. The Dwarfs believe... ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/35 "2024-08-20T20:54:12Z")
The toilet in my bathroom is named Ron (after a guy I worked with). I’m thinking of naming the other one something similar. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/36 "2024-08-20T21:42:43Z")
Chesterfield sofa. > **[Chesterfield Sofas | Distinctive Chesterfields USA](https://distinctivechesterfields.com/en-us/product-category/product-type/chesterfield-sofas/)** > > Our collection of Handmade Chesterfield Sofas are the best around and are available in a variety of styles, colours and material. Order online today! 🛋️ ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/37 "2024-08-20T23:44:03Z")
Archie Bunker’s chair > **[Archie Bunker's Chair from All in the Family | Smithsonian Institution](https://www.si.edu/object/archie-bunkers-chair-all-family%3Anmah_670097#)** ---
**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 21, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/38 "2024-08-21T07:01:29Z")
Johnny Bench! I’ll see myself out. Thank you and drive safely. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/39 "2024-08-21T08:36:48Z")
[Willi the bookcase says “hello”/So does the table (his name is Ingo)/and the chair is a ladder-back birch, but his friends call him Carl](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tGkalRgGMhs) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/40 "2024-08-21T12:15:37Z")
would “negative space” be able to count as furniture? - If no, pls disregard - if yes, I’d nominate “glory hole” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925.md?page=3)