Filipino Furniture & Interior

Sillon Peresoza

"Lazy Chair";
Lounging chair derived from Chinese reclining chair.

Sillon / Louis Quince

Rococo inspired sillon.

Sillon Fraille / Silla Frailuna

"Friar's Chair";
Usually found in the convents.

Butaka

Extended, flat, and longer wide armrests;
Furniture for giving birth.

Kapiya

Settee patterned after a church pew.

Gallinera

Wooden sofa that features a cabinet compartment below the seat.

Gallinera Table

Wooden chest / table with cabinet compartment below.

Batibot

Philippine counterpart of Vienna bentwood chair.

Pamintuan / Pamimintana

Window or procession high chair; for small people

Mariposa

Cane - seat settee named after its gracefully butterfly shaped backrest;
Adaptation from Victorian horsehair sofa.

Diban

Lounge chair / daybed

Dulang

Dining table with extremely low height.

Escritoryo

Desk or writing table.

Mesa Altar

Utility table / cabinet introduced to hold and display religious icons.

Comoda

Exquisite chest of drawers.

Painadora

Ladies' dresser with drawers and mirror

Tremor

More elaborate painadora, features three - full length mirrors. two of which can be adjusted so that the woman can see herself in three angles

Almario / Armario / Armazon

Furniture for stacking pillows.

Aparador

A wardrobe with mirror attached on the door.

Tres de Luna

"Three - Moons";
Clothes cabinet with mirror on each of its three doors

Paminggalan

Fully ventilated cabinet storage to store food and utensils in the Kitchen.

Platera

Fully ventilated cabinet storage to store food and utensils in the dining room.

Vajilera

Glass cabinet for china and silverware.

Bastonera

Hat and cane rack.

Kuna

Baby crib

Lavador con Tucador

Dresser with sink for washing of face.

Kama ni Ah - Tay

Four poster bed named after a Chinese furniture maker / craftsman who often carved "calabasas" or squash into the posts.

Bulwagan

multi-purpose main room (bahay kubo)

Batalan

roofless back porch; serves as cleaning area and wash room (bahay kubo)

Rakuh

Ivatan traditional house of stone and mortar

Binuron

Isneg one-room abode with a large concave roof that resembles an inverted traditional Isneg boat

Badjao house boat

with a detachable A-frame roof, and is supported by a "katig" that allows the boat to float steadily

Bay Sinug

traditional tausug house on stilts supported by a pitched roof. carved wooden finials "tadjuk pasung"

T'boli long house

built on six foot stilts

Torogan

"sleeping place"; house of the sultan

Zaguan

vestibule for storage; entrance hall (first floor)

Escalera

grand staircase (first floor)

entresuelo

mezzanine used as office or servants' quarters

caida

ante-sala from stairs (second floor)

Sala

living room

Comedor

dining room

Cocina

kitchen

Dispensa

pantry

Latrina

toilet

Bano

bath

Azotea

open terrace

Aljibe

cistern

Cuarto

bedroom

Balcon

balcony

Ventanilla

little window

Volada

hanging gallery

Calado

pierced transom between the wall and ceiling

Barandillas

wooden balusters

Media Agua

awning; protective shade over windows of ancestral houses

Bandejado

tray-like panel that decorated wall sidings

Banggera/banggerahan

bamboo or wooden overhang located at the kitchen used as a plate and utensil rack

baul

chest

Persiana

louver window

Artesonado

coffered ceiling, carved, or highly patterned wooden ceiling

espeho

panel between the window header and the eaves for exterior wall and above the door jamb and ceiling for interior partition. either of capiz or kalado