A furniture system with an electrically adjustable piece of furniture (100, 101, 102) and an energy transmission device, wherein - the piece of furniture (100, 101, 102) comprises at least one actuator for adjusting the piece of furniture (100, 101, 102), an electrical energy store for supplying the actuator during an adjustment process, and a charging circuit for charging the energy store; - the energy transmission device is adapted to receive energy from an AC mains supply and to deliver it wirelessly; - the charging circuit comprises an energy receiving device and a charging controller and is adapted to at least partially receive, using the energy receiving device, the energy output from the energy transmission device without physical contact with the energy transmission device and to use it to charge the energy store; - the energy is transmitted from the energy transmission device to the energy receiving device based on a radio wave based method, in particular a high frequency method; - the charging controller is adapted to control charging of the energy store with the energy received by the energy receiving device; - the energy transmission device and the energy receiving device are designed to transmit sufficient energy from the energy transmission device to the energy receiving device for charging the energy store up to a distance of 50 cm to 150 cm, in particular up to a distance of 60 cm to 90 cm; and - a maximum power transmittable from said energy transmitting device to said energy receiving device is fixed to a predetermined level to limit an electromagnetic radiation density and to keep losses in the energy transmitting device low. - the piece of furniture (100, 101, 102) comprises at least one actuator for adjusting the piece of furniture (100, 101, 102), an electrical energy store for supplying the actuator during an adjustment process, and a charging circuit for charging the energy store; - the energy transmission device is adapted to receive energy from an AC mains supply and to deliver it wirelessly; - the charging circuit comprises an energy receiving device and a charging controller and is adapted to at least partially receive, using the energy receiving device, the energy output from the energy transmission device without physical contact with the energy transmission device and to use it to charge the energy store; - the energy is transmitted from the energy transmission device to the energy receiving device based on a radio wave based method, in particular a high frequency method; - the charging controller is adapted to control charging of the energy store with the energy received by the energy receiving device; - the energy transmission device and the energy receiving device are designed to transmit sufficient energy from the energy transmission device to the energy receiving device for charging the energy store up to a distance of 50 cm to 150 cm, in particular up to a distance of 60 cm to 90 cm; and - a maximum power transmittable from said energy transmitting device to said energy receiving device is fixed to a predetermined level to limit an electromagnetic radiation density and to keep losses in the energy transmitting device low.