Erotic furniture, represents any form of furniture that can act as an aid to sexual intercourse. Whilst almost anything can be used for this purpose, the most common form of furniture employed for sex is the bed, but couches and sofas come a close second. These are not strictly erotic furniture, as their primary use is not erotic.
Specifically designed furniture for erotic purposes can include, devices for spanking and flagellation such as the Berkley Horse.
Sex swings and Fisting slings, devices for using gravity to aid in lovemaking without the use of complicated slings.
Various types of angled foam wedges or specially designed pillows that support various sex positions.
Bondage equipment such as stocks and pillories
Smotherboxes and other queening stools.
The Love Chair, a curious chair made of curved tubular steel, articulated in several ways and designed to facilitate otherwise impossible sexual acts.
Sawhorses, which are shaped much like the version used for carpentry, but have a sharpened edge and is primarily sat on to achieve a feeling similar to a crotch rope in bondage.
A woman is spanked, while kneeling on a specially-made bench for the purpose.
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, 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 is exhibited at the Musée de l'Erotisme in Pigalle. |