One of the main examples of folk art is wood carving. Everything attests that most of the existing items of carved furniture that have been manufactured in Lesvos come chiefly from Agiasos. It is only natural for a type of art to develop in places where there is an abundance of raw material (walnut and chestnut trees) as well as good craftsmen. It is a known fact that when the elders in the whole of Lesvos talk about the old carved-wood chests, they refer to them as the Agiasos chests’. The main pieces of furniture in a household of Agiasos were the chests and the mirrors. At times these were flat without carving and at other times they were carved. They are the main source of evidence for the study of wood carving in Agiasos. The scenes and designs carved only at the front were the most important.