ROCKING CHAIR

• In French, there are two different words for chairs with (fauteuil ) and without (chaise) armrests (source)
• Rocking chairs, like these ones, can be traced back to the early 18th century (source)
• Michael Thonet is believed to be the creator of the world’s first rocking chair and the inventor of bentwood furniture (source)

BEAM

• Beams were originally made from wood, but can also be made from metals, plastic or reinforced concrete (source)
• Beams like this one are called I or H beams, because of the same of their cross-section (source)
• The Alphonse Halbou company patented production method of making H-beams from a single piece of steel in 1849 (source)

WREATH

• Wreaths were wore as crowns by Ancient Etruscan rulers (source)
• In Greece and Rome, wreaths were used to represent a person’s occupation, status and rank (source)
• While wreaths are often used for Christmas celebrations in Western culture, they are also used in many different cultural celebrations worldwide, such as St. Lucy’s Day in Sweden (source)

TILES

• Tiles are mostly commonly made of ceramics, but can also be made from cork, glass, concrete, stone or metal (source)
• The Elamite Temple in Chogha Zanbil has the earliest known evidence of tiles (source)
• The earliest known examples of mosaics date back to the third millennium BC