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Takhta Band
Takhta ( fa, تخت), a variation of ottoman (furniture), is a carpet-or-material-covered backless divan (furniture), or sofa. This piece of furniture is very popular in the Central Asian cultures where takhta, often located in the backyards, serves as a place where people sit around to talk, eat and have a piyāla A piyāla ( fa, پیاله, ku, پیاڵە, ur, پیال), also called piola, piyola ( uz, piyola, ), piala (russian: пиа́ла or ) or chini ( ky, чыны, kk, шыны, tr, çini, ''from China'') is a small ceramic bowl used throug ... of green tea. In the summer times, takhta also serves as a perfect bed substitute. Furniture {{furniture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman (furniture)
An ottoman is a piece of furniture. Generally ottomans have neither backs nor arms. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used as a table, stool or footstool. The seat may have hinges and form a lid for the inside hollow, which can be used for storage of linen, magazines or other items, making it a form of storage furniture. The smaller version is usually placed near to an armchair or sofa as part of living room decor or may be used as a fireside seat. Ottoman footstools are often sold as coordinating furniture with armchairs, sofas or gliders. Other names for this piece of furniture include footstool, tuffet, hassock, pouf (sometimes spelled pouffe), in Shropshire, England the old dialect word tumpty may be used, or in New Zealand and Newfoundland a humpty. History The ottoman traces its roots to furnishing practices in the Ottoman Empire, where it was the central piece of residential seating, generally designed as a low wooden platform intended to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divan (furniture)
A divan ( Turkish ''divan'', Hindi deevaan originally from Persian ''devan'') is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or, in some regions, a box-spring-based bed. Primarily, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor or upon a raised structure or frame, with cushions to lean against. Divans received this name because they were generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers of a bureau called ''divan'' or ''diwan'' (from Persian, meaning a government council or office, from the bundles of papers they processed, and next their council chambers). Divans are a common feature of the liwan, a long, vaulted, narrow room in Levantine homes. The divan in the sense of a sofa or couch entered the English language in 1702 and has been commonly known in Europe since about the middle of the 18th century. It was fashionable, roughly from 1820 to 1850, wherever the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piyāla
A piyāla ( fa, پیاله, ku, پیاڵە, ur, پیال), also called piola, piyola ( uz, piyola, ), piala (russian: пиа́ла or ) or chini ( ky, чыны, kk, шыны, tr, çini, ''from China'') is a small ceramic bowl used throughout Central Asia for drinking tea. It is similar to the East Asian chawan A ''chawan'' (; literally "tea bowl") is a bowl used for preparing and drinking tea. Many types of ''chawan'' are used in East Asian tea ceremonies. The choice of their use depends upon many considerations. History The ''chawan'' originated i .... Piyālas may be used for other beverages too, such as kymyz, though traditionally a full-size bowl (called ''kese'') is used for cold and hot beverages. References Teaware Central Asian cuisine {{drinkware-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
