Furniture has been round since roughly the Neolithic period. Interestingly, a range of unique stone furniture has been excavated in Skara Brae, a Neolithic village located in Orkney. The site dates from between 3100 and 2500 BC and due to a shortage of wood in Orkney, the people of Skara Brae built furniture with stone. Of course, furniture has undergone a variety of changes since the neolithic age and there is no longer a need to use stone furniture. There are actually many different types of furniture, from bookcases to office furniture. The oldest bookcase in the world is found in England in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. Did you know that Charles Darwin essentially invented the modern office chair, when he added wheels to an armchair in order to get around his studio faster? And interest Continue reading →