# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/41 "2024-08-21T16:40:25Z")
In college, our sectional couch’s name was Bertha. She didn’t make it past our senior year, and was relegated to the dumpster on move out day. ---
**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 21, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/42 "2024-08-21T17:16:21Z")
We had a sectional in college called the Indoor Entertainment Center. ---
**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 21, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/43 "2024-08-21T17:37:53Z")
Love Sack. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/44 "2024-08-21T19:15:45Z")
Is that what J.D. Vance calls his sofa? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/45 "2024-08-23T23:20:30Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > The Emperor of Japan sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne: > > [Chrysanthemum Throne - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum_Throne) Not really and certainly not in Japanese. First, the OP is looking for specific furniture with proper names, and there isn’t a physical structure made out of wood, stone, or metal, etc, with the name “Chrysanthemum Throne.” As per your site, there is a throne: > [@](#): > > The _Takamikura_ throne kept in the Kyoto Imperial Palace is used for accession ceremonies. The characters are \*\* **高御座** (Literally, “high seat” (and yes, that was a deliberate choice by me over “chair”. The “Chrysanthemum Throne” is a term coined by Westerners and used in a metonymic sense to symbolize the position of the emperor. Poking around the net, it seems to have been invented in the 18th century. The Japanese term is 皇位, _kōi_. This is is improperly translated in wiki as “imperial seat”, when it more correctly means “imperial position.” The Japanese word for generic thrones is 玉座 _gyokuza_ which means royal seat / chair. The second kanji 座 is used in Takamikura and means seat / chair. Japanese doesn’t use “throne” to symbolize the position of the emperor and 皇位, _kōi_ “imperial position” is mostly used in post WWII Japan to discuss the line of succession in the imperial family. There are large issues concerning that, but this is outside the scope of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/46 "2024-08-23T23:32:10Z")
> [@DooProcess](#): > > 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. The Resolute Desk is only one of [several desks used in the Oval Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oval_Office_desks). ---
**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 23, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/47 "2024-08-23T23:44:45Z")
Counts as furniture? [The Lincoln Catafalque](https://www.aoc.gov/what-we-do/programs-ceremonies/lying-in-state-honor/lincoln-catafalque) ---
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/48 "2024-09-30T12:43:11Z")
Or not used at all depending on the president. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/49 "2024-09-30T14:15:28Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Here in Georgia we have the Indian Seats Could these have inspired the “Devil’s Seat” in the “Bishop’s Hostel” in Edgar Allen Poe’s **The Gold Bug**? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/50 "2024-09-30T14:25:59Z")
I have no idea what you’re saying here but yes, I expect that there was only one desk in the Oval Office at a time, with the rest being used elsewhere, in storage or perhaps in the Smithsonian. ---
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925/51 "2024-10-01T02:44:19Z")
It was just a silly nonpartisan political joke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925.md?page=2)