Question: When did plywood come into use in furniture?

context: Flexible plywood is designed for making curved parts, a practice which dates back to the 1850s in furniture making.
question: When did flexible plywood come into use in furniture?
short_answers: 1850s
context: The most commonly used thickness range is from . The sizes of the most commonly used plywood sheets are 4 x 8 feet (1220 x 2440 mm) which was first used by the Portland Manufacturing Company, who developed what we know of as modern veneer core plywood for the 1905 Portland World Fair. A common metric size for a sheet of plywood is 1200 x 2400 mm. is also a common European size for Baltic birch ply, and aircraft ply.
question: When did modern veneer core plywood come into use in furniture?
short_answers: 1905

Answer: Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. Flexible plywood is designed for making curved parts, a practice which dates back to the 1850s in furniture making. The Portland Manufacturing Company developed what we know of as modern veneer core plywood for the 1905 Portland World Fair.