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Faience

Produced in Italy after the fifteenth century and also Egypt as early as 3500 BC

The name comes from the French name for Faenza, a city in Italy. There a painted ware on a clean, opaque pure-white ground, called "majolica" (pron. ma JAHL i ka) was produced for export as early as the fifteenth century. (The majolica was exported to Italy from the kingdom of Aragon in Spain.)

The first northerners to imitate the tin-glazed earthenwares being imported from Italy were the Dutch. Delftware is a kind of faience, made at potteries round Delft in Holland, characteristically decorated in blue on white, in imitation of the blue-and-white porcelain that was imported from China in the early sixteenth century, but it quickly developed its own recognizably Dutch décor.

In the 1870s, the Aesthetic movement, notably in Britain, rediscovered the robust charm of faience, and the large porcelain manufactories marketed revived faience, such as the "Majolica ware" of Minton and of Wedgwood.

Faux

The definition is "False". Many manufacturers will make something appear to be real when it's not. It is called Faux.

Fiberboard

Has compressed, wood fibers that are glued and pressed to form a durable board.

Fiddle-back

Also referred to as splat-back. The back is shaped like a fiddle.

Finish

 When the raw material is painted or stained. It is now "Finished" or complete. It is the final coating on the material. Usually a protectant from stains.

Flare

The outward curving of a leg. Commonly found on bar stools and chairs.

Fleur De Lis

The design of three leaves or pedals. The middle pedal stands tall and the others bend away. Dates back to medieval times.

Fluted

Circular grooves in a leg or post that is carved to the foot.

Footrest

The lower brace on a bar stool where the feet "rest". Sometimes covered with metal or brass for durability.