DAYBED - Any type of elongated seating, including the chaise longue, designed for resting rather than
sleeping. It usually has a raised end.
DIRECTOIRE - Style of French furniture that spanned the end of the
French Revolution and Napoleon's conquest in 1799. It is named for the Directory
government that replaced
Louis XVI and called for designs of smaller scale and less ostentation along
with the elimination of regal references.
DROP LEAF - Hinged flap or panel that can be raised, then supported in
order to increase the surface area of a table. The term now applies to such a
table.