analogous color scheme: a color scheme that consists of adjacent colors in a color wheel; for example, yellow and green.
angle bed: bed with a canopy at the head, but not the foot.
aniline leather: a translucent dye applied to leather in vats. The translucent quality allows the grain to show through, but it can also show imperfections, therefore only the best quality hides are used for this process. May also be referred to as true aniline, naked aniline, pure aniline, naked leather, unprotected leather, or natural leather.
antimacassar: An unattached covering for the arms and / or back of a piece of upholstered furniture that is intended to protect the furniture from soiling. Originally made with crochet, knit or cruel techniques, in the twentieth century manufacturers began offering them in matching upholstery fabric. The come in two styles: fitted style, to go around the end of the arm, or napkin style, to lie across the arm or the back.
angle bed: bed with a canopy at the head, but not the foot.
aniline leather: a translucent dye applied to leather in vats. The translucent quality allows the grain to show through, but it can also show imperfections, therefore only the best quality hides are used for this process. May also be referred to as true aniline, naked aniline, pure aniline, naked leather, unprotected leather, or natural leather.
antimacassar: An unattached covering for the arms and / or back of a piece of upholstered furniture that is intended to protect the furniture from soiling. Originally made with crochet, knit or cruel techniques, in the twentieth century manufacturers began offering them in matching upholstery fabric. The come in two styles: fitted style, to go around the end of the arm, or napkin style, to lie across the arm or the back.
