A piece of furniture having a furniture body and at least one shelf fixed in the furniture body by means of a sliding-pivoting mechanism, using which the shelf can be pulled out of the furniture body and raised, or household appliance, in particular a dishwasher or cooking appliance or refrigerator, having at least one shelf fixed on an inner side of a usable space, in particular a washing space or cooking space or cooling space, by means of a sliding-pivoting mechanism, using which the shelf can be pulled out of the usable space and raised, wherein the sliding-pivoting mechanism having - at least two pivot arms (41, 42) of a pivot mechanism rotatably fixed on at least one of the side walls of the body with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls and arranged in parallel spaced apart from one another, - wherein a guide rail of a sliding mechanism is pivotably fixed in parallel to the plane of the side walls at respective second ends of the pivot arms (41, 42) in such a way that the guide rail is pivotable out of a lower position inside the body into a raised upper position at least partially outside the body, - at least one slide rail, which is linearly displaceable in the guide rail and on which the shelf is fastened, - a lever unit, which assists raising and lowering of the pivot mechanism and is pivotably fixed on the slide rail in parallel to the plane of the side walls, - wherein at least one coupling element of a first coupling unit is arranged on the lever unit in such a way that the coupling element can be coupled with a correspondence element, corresponding to the coupling element, of the first coupling unit on at least one of the pivot arms (41, 42) by displacing the slide rail into a predetermined pivot position, characterized in that - the coupling element of the first coupling unit is designed as a sliding or rolling element, which can be guided in a correspondence element, which is arranged, in particular formed on the at least one of the pivot arms (41, 42) and is designed as a slotted guide, for the sequence control of the pivot movement of the lever unit. - at least two pivot arms (41, 42) of a pivot mechanism rotatably fixed on at least one of the side walls of the body with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls and arranged in parallel spaced apart from one another, - wherein a guide rail of a sliding mechanism is pivotably fixed in parallel to the plane of the side walls at respective second ends of the pivot arms (41, 42) in such a way that the guide rail is pivotable out of a lower position inside the body into a raised upper position at least partially outside the body, - at least one slide rail, which is linearly displaceable in the guide rail and on which the shelf is fastened, - a lever unit, which assists raising and lowering of the pivot mechanism and is pivotably fixed on the slide rail in parallel to the plane of the side walls, - wherein at least one coupling element of a first coupling unit is arranged on the lever unit in such a way that the coupling element can be coupled with a correspondence element, corresponding to the coupling element, of the first coupling unit on at least one of the pivot arms (41, 42) by displacing the slide rail into a predetermined pivot position, - the coupling element of the first coupling unit is designed as a sliding or rolling element, which can be guided in a correspondence element, which is arranged, in particular formed on the at least one of the pivot arms (41, 42) and is designed as a slotted guide, for the sequence control of the pivot movement of the lever unit.