Among the functional pieces, several are notable for their outright beauty.

By the 1850s, wicker furniture was growing in popularity as a functional piece of art in America.

The pieces, all functional, have flashes of cobalt blue and rust red against white.

And, as you can see, these are functional pieces as well.

But unlike static sculpture, the functional pieces are meant to be used.

This is an example of the embellishment of functional pieces.

Handcarved in stone, each one is a work of art and a functional piece of furniture.

He considers his works to be containers of human consciousness rather than functional pieces.

Small functional pieces were made of steel and machined to perform their function.

One functional piece is a table, 36 inches high and with a 14-inch square top, clad in bottle caps all painted blue ($400).