Erotic furniture

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A chair designed to facilitate threesomes, exhibited in the Sex Machines Museum, Prague.

Erotic furniture, also known as sex furniture, is any form of furniture that is designed to act as an aid to sexual activity, either as a positioning tool or an aid to erotic bondage.[1] This functionality may be obvious or the erotic furniture may be designed to appear as conventional furniture.[2] While almost any furniture can be used to aid sexual activity, conventional furniture is not considered to be erotic furniture as its primary use is not erotic. Erotic furniture can also be furniture decorated with erotic art.

History[edit]

In the 18th century, the Russian Empress Catherine the Great collected erotic furniture, including tables with penises for legs and other items carved in relief with penises and vulvas.[3]

The British King Edward VII, who was heavily overweight, used a specially constructed "love seat" (siege d'amour) when he visited the famous brothel, Le Chabanais in Paris. The piece still exists and a replica[4] is exhibited at the Musée de l'Erotisme in Pigalle.[5]

Edward Gorey's The Curious Sofa, (1961) is a neo-Victorian pseudo-porno satire described as a "pornographic illustrated story about furniture". The book consists of euphemistic illustrations with strategically deployed objects, such as potted plants and tree branches, that block the reader's view of sexual activities taking place on furniture.

In modern times erotic furniture continues to be produced mainly by small businesses rather than large scale manufacturers.[2]

Types[edit]

A spanking bench

Specifically designed furniture for erotic purposes can include:

  • Devices to aid impact play activities such as erotic spanking and flagellation. Examples of this type of furniture include the Berkley Horse and the X-cross.[1]
  • Sex swings,[6] either freestanding or temporarily installable in places such as doorways.[7]
  • Fisting slings[8]
  • Sex gliders[clarification needed]
  • Devices for using gravity to aid in lovemaking without the use of complicated slings.
  • Various types of angled foam wedges or specially designed sex pillows that support various sex positions. Liberator Shapes are an example[1] which can be used to improve g-spot and cervical stimulation.[7] Another example are the ergonomically based Lovebumpers.
  • Bondage equipment such as stocks, pillories and cages.[1]
  • Smotherboxes and other queening stools used for facesitting.[1]
  • Sex chairs and sex sofas, positioning furniture which in some cases have openings to allow for genital or anal access.[7]
  • The Love Chair, a chair made of curved tubular steel, articulated in several ways and designed to facilitate otherwise impossible sexual acts. This device was advertised in men's magazines in the mid-1970s, and is seen in at least one of Nina Hartley's Guide to videos, but it is no longer commercially available.
  • Sawhorses, which are shaped much like the version used for carpentry, but have a sharpened edge and are primarily sat on to achieve a feeling similar to a crotch rope in bondage.
  • Sybians, a type of sex machine consisting of a vibrating saddle-like seat with an upward-pointing shaft for internal stimulation.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Kassel, Gabrielle (4 December 2020). "If You're Wondering What Sex Furniture Is, This Shopping Guide Is for You". Healthline.
  2. ^ a b Miles, Lucy (22 July 2001). "Move over Ikea... this furniture's for you know what!; Erotic pieces designed for sex". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham, England – via The Free Library.
  3. ^ Catherine the Great: A Life From Beginning to End. Biographies of Women in History. Vol. 7. Hourly History. 2017. p. 31. ISBN 9781976378379.
  4. ^ "On the trail of Edward VII's sex chair for threesomes". The Week UK.
  5. ^ Dirty Bertie's seat of pleasure, The Times, 17 January 2004
  6. ^ Taormino, Tristan (2009-12-01). The Big Book of Sex Toys: From Vibrators and Dildos to Swings and Slings--Playful and Kinky Bedside Accessories That Make Your Sex Life Amazing. Quiver. ISBN 978-1-59233-355-4.
  7. ^ a b c Zane, Zachary (25 July 2022). "10 Pieces of Sex Furniture for When Beds Get Old". Men's Health.
  8. ^ "What is a Fisting Sling?". Kinkly. 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ Dickson, EJ (9 July 2021). "Dave Lampert, Inventor of the Sybian Sex Aid, Dead at 90". Rolling Stone.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Kemper, Alfred M. (1972). Love Couches Design Criteria. Los Angeles. LCCN 75-36170. OCLC 3592145. (101 pages. Design criteria for assistive furniture, with sections on accommodation of disabled persons.)
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