[CdM] I would say no. As for your other unquestion, well, just look on it as getting an extra answer for free.

[Raak] Yes.

Summary (is it just me, or are we having these more often?)

It is: man-made (as in constructed by humans); possibly, but not typically, Austrian; multi-coloured; possibly wooden; possibly, but not normally, a work of art; used at home, most likely in the living-room; elongated; smaller than a bread-bin; normally found below the eye-line of the average-height person.

It is (or was) not: Austrian wine; a set of children's building blocks; being used, eaten or viewed by Darren at 09.38 BST on Friday; a book; readable; a chopping-board; furniture; a cupboard; generally found in the kitchen or the bedroom; something you can curl up on or in (if larger than a cat); containing glass or metal; a coaster; a bookshelf; really an implement; something that most players of this game would have in their houses.

Who was it who said 'knowledge is power'?

Is it culturally specific?

[Rosie] Almost anything could be!
[Irouléguy] Hmmm... its name would suggest so.

[Irouléguy] So as not to be too misleading, though, it's not something I'd say is culturally specific.

[Raak] No.

[Rosie] No.

[Raak] No.

[Irouléguy] As I implied above, no. There doesn't have to be any wood involved, although there sometimes is.
[Raak] No.

[Rosie] Not necessarily.
[all] No.

[Irouléguy] The funny thing is, it can be, but that's such an incredibly misleading answer!
[Raak] No.

Does anyone want a clue?

(Darren) Yes please. Most of the answers seem to be a Pythonesque "could be". I detect widespread bafflement, of which I'm part. :-)

"Could be" is partly because I'm a vague person, and partly because I don't like leading people up too many dark alleys. Anyway, a clue: it's a kind of puzzle.