A piece of furniture to provide comfort (7)
I believe the answer is:
console
'comfort' is the definition.
(I know that comfort can be written as console)
'a piece of furniture' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'piece' could be 'sole' (sole is a kind of piece) and 'sole' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to provide' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for console that I've seen before include "Computer games machine" , "stops may be arranged here" , "Calm" , "give reassurance" , "Key-desk of an organ" .)