About The History Of Oak Furniture
Oak has been around for many hundreds of years. The earliest reports of oak furniture date to around the time of the Normans, during the Dark Ages. At that time oak was the most common tree covering most of the land in England and across Europe. Oak has amazing characteristics of hardness and water resistance that it was useful for ships. As it was so common and easily available most furniture was built using it. Now only the most prestigious people such as Kings or rulers had raised seating. The commoners were expected to kneel below their King. We still have sayings about this requirement for deference to those who are seated in terms like “Chairman” and “Come To The Bench”. The earliest oak furniture was rustic and roughly constructed and mainly consisted of benches, tables and chairs.