I guess, arriving at the idea of creating furniture may have been a little like the discovery of the wheel. No doubt the day was reached where siting on the ground or a rock became tiresome. And so the road to using wrought iron and other metals in iron furniture had begun.

Whilst not obviously comfortable rock was actually used in Neolithic times for furniture.  There is evidence of the use of stone to build even cupboards and beds.Famous for developing the throne, the Greek furniture designers made great advances. Whilst rock is hard wood was used but also metal such as bronze and iron.  Wooden furniture was often embellished with the inlaying of gold, silver and ivory.  Beds were particular objects for embellishing epitomised during the 17th century Renaissance period where beds were even embroidered with pearls ,with iron beds and iron sculptures not uncommon.

Obviously as today the price of raw material would dictate the use of a particular ingredient.  But whilst wood can be expensive different types of wood have different costs.

Using iron in the manufacture of furnishings dates back to Roman times.  The metal wrought iron is mix or alloy consisting of a little carbon and grew to become a quite commonly used raw material for the manufacture of items ranging from dining tables to towers.  The expression wrought implies that it has been worked on and the properties of the iron permit a craftsman to twist and forge the iron into gorgeous pieces while having the strength of  a metal to assure robust furnishings that lasts many lifetimes and additionally that is gratifying to the eye.

As a testiment to the suprisingly adaptable characteristics of wrought iron, iron sculpture is not uncommon. The completed features achievable on iron furniture such as the legs and head boards of an iron bed are directly attributable to the malleable dynamics of wrought iron.