Eclectic - A design style featuring a mix of styles, periods and patterns creating a very unique and individualistic look to a room.

Eight-way Hand Tied - Used traditionally in upholstered furniture, each spring is tied in eight directions by hand both securing the springs inside the frame.

Embossing - A manufacturing technique to "stamp" a design onto a piece of furniture; mostly used on wood pieces to resemble carving but can also be used on fabrics and leathers to add texture.

Empire - This style of furniture is Neo-Classical and simple in design usually utilizes Egyptian motifs and wood inlays.

End Matching - Two adjacent pieces of veneer are joined end to end to form a continuous pattern.

Entertainment Center - A large case piece featuring pocket or wide-opening doors with adjustable shelving to house Entertainment equipment such as TVs and stereo components.

Ergonomic - a 90's term that relates furniture design and function to the human form; very commonly found in Home Office furnishings.

Escutcheon - The shield around the outside of a keyhole on a piece of furniture.

Fancy-faced Veneers - Veneers cut in an exotic pattern usually used in more visible areas of wooden furniture (e.g. door fronts, table tops).

Fiberboard - A board made of compressed wood fibers and glue, used in place of solid wood to effectively reduce costs of production.

Fiddle back - A chair designed with the splat resembling a violin's shape.

Filling - The step in the finishing process where the back filling of natural pores found in wood allows the surface to become smoother, flatter and more reflective.

Finger Joint - A type of joinery where two pieces of wood are cut in an elongated Zigzag pattern and joined together with glue.

Finial - A turned or carved piece at the top of a post or the piece that holds the shade to the harp of a lamp.

Fluting - A series of carved out semi-circular grooves usually found on columns, molding or wooden legs.

French Bed - A bed in which the ends roll outward. It has no posts.

Fretwork - Perforated ornamental decorative wood work.

Four Poster - A colonial bed with four posts extending upward that may or may not hold a canopy.

Futon - A wooden sofa frame featuring a large single cushion where the frame and cushion can be unfolded to use as a bed.