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Erotic furniture, represents any form of furniture that can act as an aid to sexual intercourse. Whilst almost anything can be used for this purpose, the most common form of furniture employed for sex is the bed, but couches and sofas come a close second. These are not strictly erotic furniture, as their primary use is not erotic. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 433 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1766 × 2442 pixel, file size: 770 KB, MIME type: image/png) Smotherbox in use. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 433 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1766 × 2442 pixel, file size: 770 KB, MIME type: image/png) Smotherbox in use. ... welcome:: This is an article about items in a room. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ... A double bed A bed is a piece of furniture or location primarily used or intended for sleeping upon, but also commonly used for sexual activities, relaxing, sitting, and reading. ...


Specifically designed furniture for erotic purposes can include

  • Devices for spanking and flagellation such as the Berkley Horse
  • Sex Swings
  • Devices for using gravity to aid in lovemaking without the use of complicated slings. LoveRocker
  • Fisting slings
  • Various types of angled foam wedges or specially designed pillows that support various sex positions
  • Bondage equipment such as stocks and pillories
  • Smotherboxes and other queening stools.
  • the Love Chair, a curious chair made of curved tubular sleel, articulated in several ways and designed to facilitate otherwise impossible sexual acts. This device was advertised in mens' magazines in the mid 1970's, and is seen in at least one of Nina Hartley's Guide to videos, but it is no longer commercially available.

See also Edward Gorey's The Curious Sofa, (1961), a neo-Victorian pseudo-porno send-up consisting of non-illustrations—there's always a potted palm or something in the way. One caption reads "That evening in the library Scylla, one of the guests who had certain anatomical peculiarities, demonstrated the 'Lithuanian Typewriter', assisted by Ronald and Rupert, two remarkably well-set-up young men from the village." The Curious Sofa of the title is approached with some misgivings by the house-party guests at the end. Erotic spanking can sometimes go hand in hand with other paraphilia, such as for erotic clothes or erotic humiliation. ... Whipping on a post Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, whip) the human body. ... The Berkley Horse is a BDSM apparatus, supposedly designed for, or by, Theresa Berkley in 1828. ... Sling furniture is usually a suspended, free-swinging chair or bed that is made of a framework connected to hanging straps or rope. ... This is a list of sex positions. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ... Spes or Hope; engraving by Sebald Beham, German c1540 The stocks are a device used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. ... It has been suggested that Pranger be merged into this article or section. ... Smotherbox (or smothering box) is a type of dungeon furniture similar to a queening stool. ... A queening stool is a device which is used to facilitate the act of queening. ... Nina Hartley (born Marie Louise Hartman on March 11, 1959 in Berkeley, California) is an American pornographic actress and sex educator. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


Books

  • Kemper, Alfred M. "Love Couches Design Criteria", 1972, Los Angeles. Library of Congress #75-36170. 101 pages. Design criteria for assistive furniture, with sections on accommodation of disabled persons.

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Erotic furniture - Biocrawler (141 words)
Erotic furniture is furniture that can act as an aid to sexual intercourse.
The most common form of furniture employed for sex is the bed, but couches and sofas come a close second.
These are not strictly erotic furniture, as their primary use is not erotic.
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A Dutch carpenter's range of erotic furniture is going on display at an art gallery.
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