ENCOIGNURE, in furniture, literally the angle, or return, formed by the junction of two walls. The word is now chiefly used to designate a small armoire, commode, cabinet or cup board made to fit a corner ; a chaise encoignure is called in English a three-cornered chair. In its origin the thing, like the word, is French, and the delightful Louis XV. or Louis XVI. encoignure in lacquer or in mahogany elaborately mounted in gilded bronze was made in a vast variety of forms.