Grotto

Fantasy furniture designed in the late 19th and early 20th century in Venice, Italy. Grotto furniture tends to be parcel-silvered or poly-chrome with painted carved wooden frames with pictorial references to the sea and rock grottos most commonly motifs of scalloped shells, sea horses, dolphins, and triton horses.

Tête-à-tête

A tête-à-tête is an eye-catching piece of French furniture that emerged in the 19th century. The tete-a-tete is an S-shaped chair meant to sit two people facing in opposite directions. The name tete-a-tete is a French term literally meaning "head-to-head”. This type of seating is commonly referred to as a conversation seat or a kissing seat and was designed to enhance conversations and relationships between people. The tete-a-tete was popular during the Victorian period and was considered an opulent piece of furniture.