Made of painted bent wood, the toy ($35,000), unlike the classic, hyper-realistic rocking horses in many nurseries, is barely there.

The chaise notwithstanding, most of the furniture has a masculine edge, with dark bent woods, brass and leather predominating.

The armrests were made of bent wood.

Two pieces of bent wood, one ebony and the other sycamore, entwine to form a double helix.

Traditional snowshoes were usually made of bent wood and animal hide.

A frame drum, usually of bent wood and goatskin, the bodhrán is considered a relatively modern addition to traditional dance music.

But he claimed to be the first modern designer to use bent wood, and his chairs may cause some reconfiguring of the origins of modernist design.

For those who have trouble peeling apples, the book also contains a source list of furniture makers, including specialists in bent wood, driftwood and hickory.

The easy chairs and ottomans were made of bent wood and were placed in different Communist party headquarters around the world.

Thrones and stools made of bent wood were later found in the tomb of Tutankhamen.