Human furniture
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Human furniture is a form of bondage
and sexual objectification
in which a person's body is incorporated into a chair, table, cabinet or other piece of furniture
. The term was originally coined by Jeff Gord.
Forniphilia is an extreme form of bondage because the subject usually is tightly bound and expected to stay immobile for a prolonged period of time. They are often gagged (see Forniphilic gag) and/or placed in position where there is a danger of being smothered. Proper safety requires frequent checks of the submissive's well-being.
Bondage (sexual)
Bondage is the use of restraints for the sexual pleasure of the parties involved. It may be used in its own right, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage, or as part of sexual activity or BDSM activity.- Private bondage :...
and sexual objectification
Sexual objectification
Sexual objectification refers to the practice of regarding or treating another person merely as an instrument towards one's sexual pleasure, and a sex object is a person who is regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification or who is sexually attractive...
in which a person's body is incorporated into a chair, table, cabinet or other piece of furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
. The term was originally coined by Jeff Gord.
Forniphilia is an extreme form of bondage because the subject usually is tightly bound and expected to stay immobile for a prolonged period of time. They are often gagged (see Forniphilic gag) and/or placed in position where there is a danger of being smothered. Proper safety requires frequent checks of the submissive's well-being.
Examples
- François-Rupert CarabinFrançois-Rupert CarabinFrançois-Rupert Carabin was a French cabinetmaker, photographer and sculptor. He worked in the artistic milieu of Montmartre and made a series of photographic studies of prostitutes...
, in the illustrated catalog for the 1893 Salon des Beaux-Arts, contributed two drawings of sculptures of women as part of chairs.