Primary sources date June 2010 Levin Furniture is a Pittsburgh area furniture retailer. The company was founded in 1920 by Jessie Levin in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania as a general sales clearance center. In the 1940s, the Levin family phased out over items and began to concentrate on furniture. However, not until 1978, did the group expand from a large single store to a big box chain. In 1989, the company moved its operations into the Cleveland, Ohio market, which nearly doubled their size. Currently, the company features six regular stores in Pennsylvania and seven in Ohio, plus a clearance center directly next to their original Mount Pleasant store and a bedding center in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill . ref Engel, Clint. http www.furnituretoday.com article 541127 Levin Opens 14th Store.php Levin Opens 14th Store. Furniture Today . July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2011 19 9. ref References Reflist External links http www.levinfurniture.com index.aspx Levin Furniture Category Companies established in 1920 Category Furniture retailers of the United States ... more details
, where one store is open to the next. Furniture Row owns and sponsors the 78 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet driven by Regan Smith full time through Furniture Row Racing . About Furniture Row Furniture Row Companies is the fourth largest family owned specialty home furnishings and bedding retailer. fact date July 2011 The company comprises five specialty furniture store brands including Oak Express, Sofa Mart, Bedroom Expressions, Denver Mattress Company and Furniture Row Outlets. Furniture ... 2011 Today, Furniture Row Companies operates over 250 stores nationwide, across all its brands, and is still ... furniture retailers and is the nation s largest cash buyer of home furnishings. fact date July 2011 Trucking Subsidiary Furniture Row also operates a fleet of 120 over the road trucks pulling refrigerated ... from the parent company. History Furniture Row started as Pillow Kingdom in 1984. In 1977 Big Sur ... From 1993 to 1997, additional stores were added. In 1997 the first Furniture Row Shopping Center .... fact date July 2011 External links http www.furniturerow.com Furniture Row official page http www.denvermattress.com Denver Mattress Company official page http www.furniturerowlinens.com Furniture Row Linens official page Category Furniture retailers of the United States Category Companies established ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 Image Sheraton chair.jpg thumb right upright Thomas Sheraton Sheraton chair with elaborately carved splat Image Ernest Archibald Taylor chair around 1905.jpg thumb right upright Ernest Taylor designer Ernest Taylor chair of 1905 with rectilinear design elements A splat is the vertical central element of a chair back. ref name Bird, Period Furniture Details , 64 cite book title Taunton s Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details author Lonnie Bird publisher Taunton Press year 2003 isbn 1561585904 url http books.google.com books?id nnVgWmR H1MC&lpg PA63&ots YGvU3djBoA&dq 22splat 20chair&pg PA64 v onepage&q splat 20chair&f false page 64 ref Bird, Period Furniture Details ref Typically this element of a chair is of exposed wood design. The splat is an important element of furniture identification, since its design has a multitude of variations incorporating the themes of different furniture periods. Thomas Chippendale Chippendale s furniture was designed using varied splat details to include Gothic, Chinese, English and some with French details. References Reflist colwidth 30em DEFAULTSORT Splat Furniture Category Chair making furniture stub ... more details
Infobox Company company name Furniture Village company logo File Furniture Village logo.jpg 200px company type foundation 1989 founder Peter Harrison br David Imrie slogan location Slough , England , United Kingdom UK locations 36 January 2009 key people industry Retail products Furniture revenue operating income net income owner num employees subsid homepage http www.furniturevillage.co.uk Furniture Village Website footnotes intl Furniture Village is a United Kingdom British furniture Retailing retailer . It has over 36 stores throughout the United Kingdom, the first of which was opened in Abingdon, Oxfordshire Abingdon . The company is headquartered in Slough . ref http wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk f33d3433015f53f3d573116a7a132479 compdetails Furniture Village Limited , Companies House . Retrieved 5 March 2011. ref This is the largest privately owned furniture chain in the United Kingdom . ref name Cadogan sells http www.telegraph.co.uk finance 2745062 Cadogan sells Furniture Village.html Cadogan sells Furniture Village , The Daily Telegraph , 8 December 2009. ref Their target market is the upper end of the price range for the moderately rich. ref name Peter Harrison http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 12779001 ITM Sofa so good Furniture Village founder Peter Harrison ... . ref http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 9444735 ITM Furniture Village to emphasise ..., Furniture Village bought three Conroys stores from the Administration law administrators to give ... an upmarket retail brand, the London Furniture Company, ref http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 19331038 ITM Furniture Village boss quits amid ad review. , Marketing Week , 9 October ... 0286 11587034 ITM Upmarket test for Furniture Village. , Cabinet Maker, 11 November 2005. ref Awards Furniture Village has won trade magazine Cabinet Maker s awards for small, medium and large retailer ... links http www.furniturevillage.co.uk Official site Category Furniture retailers of the United Kingdom ... more details
Tone date December 2007 Virginia furniture has a long tradition , from the Colony of Virginia colonial ... generated title ref Anthony Hay made furniture in Colonial Williamsburg , at least six shops catered ... alone, more than a dozen manufacturers made Europe an style furniture in shops owned ... between the rooms and the objects in them. ref http www.kenmore.org collections furniture furniture.html Kenmore Collections Furniture Bot generated title ref Developments Across the Southern United States South , furniture making flourished and Virginia was no exception. During the early part of the century, most historians thought that furniture making was centered around larger Northern cities ... had a more vibrant furniture industry than first imagined. ref http www.tfaoi.com aa 3aa 3aa368.htm Furniture of the American South 1680 1830 The Colonial Williamsburg Collection Bot generated title ref Styles included Thomas Chippendale Chippendale , Queen Anne furniture Queen Anne and vernacular styles. As Virginia citizens emigrated west in the 19th century, Virginia stylists and furniture ... cwsf 25.html Southern Furniture 1680 1830 Bot generated title ref Not all the styles mimicked the United ... was founded. It is now one of the oldest companies in the United States and still makes furniture at its ... Furniture Makers in Waterford, Virginia Bot generated title ref Twentieth century File Bassett Furniture employees 1900.jpg thumb right 200px Early employees of Bassett Furniture Company, Bassett ... styles. Companies like Biggs Furniture grew out of a small antiques shop in Richmond into a major reproductions manufacturer that came close to rivaling Ethan Allen furniture company Ethan Allen ... by the Kittinger Company of New York . Through the 20th century, mass marketed furniture prevailed, and companies like Stanley Furniture , Pulaski Furniture , Rowe Furniture and Bassett Furniture grew ... , founder of Stanley Furniture , became Governor of Virginia in 1954. Many of these companies now show ... more details
Infobox Company company name Conlin s Furniture company logo Image Conlinslogo.jpg Conlin s Logo company type Private company Private foundation 1937 Williston, North Dakota location Billings, Montana key people Lollie Ray , CEO products Retail Furniture homepage http www.conlins.com www.conlins.com Conlin s Furniture is a regional furniture chain of 16 stores, located in five US states. The chain has stores in the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Minnesota. Conlin s is headquartered in Billings, Montana and its main distribution center is located in Bismarck, North Dakota . The company s CEO is Lollie Ray . History The first Conlin s Furniture store opened in Williston, North Dakota in 1937. Shortly thereafter, company co founder Edward Conlin purchased all shares of the company and began expanding. Competition Competition comes mostly from other regional and national furniture chains, including HOM Furniture and Slumberland , along with a number of locally owned stores. Selection As do most furniture stores, a typical Conlin s store offers furniture from all room groups, including living room, bedroom, and dining room. Conlin s features a wide array of national brands, including La Z Boy , Broyhill , Sealy Corporation Sealy , Simmons Bedding Company Simmons , and A America . External links http www.conlins.com Conlin s Furniture Homepage Category Companies based in North Dakota Category Williams County, North Dakota Category Companies based in Montana Category Billings, Montana Category Furniture retailers of the United States Category Bismarck Mandan Category Companies established in 1937 ... more details
used for rustic furniture was usually willow , although many other Hardwood hard and softwood s were ... occasionally employed. Historical examples of rustic furniture may be found in museums and antique ... of furniture is the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York. ref http www.adkmuseum.org ref Typical items of rustic furniture include chairs, love seats, tables, desks, smoking stands often ... rustic furniture Present day manufacturers of rustic furniture may also craft architectural ... . The previous information results from decades of collecting rustic furniture, access to a variety ... furniture for decades and is ass significant contemporary maker. I hope this expansion on your previous definition will be of use. See also Adirondack chair References references Category Furniture he ... more details
clay Chimenea s of North America are an example. Materials File Green garden furniture from plastics in Czech Republic.jpg thumb Green plastic garden furniture The most commonly sold types of patio sets are made of plastic, wood, aluminium, wicker , and wrought iron . Wooden garden furniture can ... . Teak is a commonly used material for outdoor furniture. It naturally contains silica , which ... outside. Aluminium garden furniture is robust and long lasting. However, if the protective coating is compromised it will corrode. Plastic garden furniture is naturally waterproof, so it can be left out year round. Wicker outdoor living furniture was originally made from the stems of any one of 600 ... furniture is made from synthetic resin , increasing the life expectancy and reducing manufacturing costs. Today s resin furniture is often made of recycled plastic and incredibly durable, usually carrying ... Portal Gardening Courtyard Deck building Garden Patio References reflist DEFAULTSORT Garden Furniture Category Furniture Category Garden features Furniture, Garden Category Backyards be ... more details
Utility furniture refers to furniture produced in the United Kingdom during and just after World War II , under a Government scheme which was designed to cope with shortages of raw materials and rationing of consumption. Introduced in 1942, the Utility Furniture Scheme continued into post war austerity and lasted until 1952. History By 1941 it had become apparent that the combination of a severe lack of timber suitable for furniture making in which Britain was not self sufficient and the increased demand for new furniture due to the losses of housing caused by bombing and to the continuing establishment of new households after marriage, had created a severe furniture shortage. The Utility Furniture ... that the scarce available resources were used in a sensible way. New furniture was Rationing in the United ... who had been bombed out, under the Domestic Furniture Control of Manufacture and Supply No 2 Order ... in the Utility Furniture Catalogue of 1943. The aim was to ensure the production of strong well designed furniture making the most efficient use of the scarce timber. The designs were largely in the tradition ..., entirely contrary to popular taste of the immediate pre war period. Furniture based on these designs ... utility furniture with added carvings and decoration. The Committee were reconstituted as the Design ... Can Make It , unveiled three new furniture ranges Cotswold, Chiltern and Cockaigne intended to carry ... furniture was taken from that developed earlier for the Utility clothing scheme two capital letters ... on influence, eg., Design Council? Further reading Richard Sword Utility furniture and fashion, 1941 1951 1974 ISBN 0716806282 Jon Mills Utility Furniture The 1943 Utility Furniture Catalogue with an explanation of Britain s Second World War Utility Furniture Scheme 2008 ISBN 9780955272325 External ... Time Magazine Aug 2 1943 GOVERNMENT Utility Furniture Category Austerity Britain Category British furniture designers Category Rationing and licensing Category United Kingdom home front ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 Modus Furniture International MFI is a designer , manufacturer , importer Vague date September 2011 Clarify date September 2011 to where? and distributor of contemporary and transitional bedroom, dining room, and home entertainment furniture . ref http www.furnituretoday.com article 34770 Modus expands offerings.php?q 22modus furniture 22 ref History Company president Oliver Wong founded parent company Far East American, Inc. FEA , a plywood trading company, in 1984. ref http ... home country of Indonesia to found PT Domusindo Perdana, a furniture factory specialized in the production ... in the North American market until 1994, when Mr. Wong founded Modus Furniture International, Inc., a privately ... C1746442 ref Working in partnership with Domusindo, Modus Furniture expanded its product line to include ... capabilities to include dining room furniture, home entertainment centers and upholstered beds. Modus Furniture is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA with showrooms in High Point, NC , ref http www.ihfc.com ... shipping from new California warehouse.php?q 22modus furniture 22 ref Products Modus Furniture specializes ... furniture. Modus manufactures and distributes products under its own brand name and under the angelo ... plans to manufacture corner furniture under the http www.cornerture.com Cornerture brand by furniture ... 367152 Modus Sallinger create Cornerture bedroom.php ref Distribution Modus Furniture is sold ... 8083 about.asp ref Modus Furniture products are widely available in the United States and parts of Canada ... Modus Furniture International, Inc. http www.angelohome.com angelo HOME http www.cornerture.com ... nad 2010winter 108 Modus Furniture in North American Design Magazine http www.pasadenastarnews.com ... furniture line angelo HOME on AOL http www.cornerture.com images cornerture media large.jpg Cornerture ... in San Gabriel Valley News References reflist 2 Category Consumer goods Category Furniture manufacturers Category Furniture designers Category Furniture companies of the United States Category Wholesalers ... more details
Other uses Mundus disambiguation Mundus was the name of a furniture manufacturing company, active at least in several places in the Austria Hungary Austro Hungarian Empire , at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century. Factories seem to have existed in multiple locations, as the products carry diverse labels, such as Budapest , Borlova , Czechoslovakia , etc. Some of the furniture was co signed with Jacob and Josef Kohn . In 1914 Mundus merged with J. & J. Kohn, and in 1922 with Gebr der Thonet . External links http www.wokalamps.com infos index.asp?go english designer bugholz.asp The story of bentwood A http www.artnet.com library 04 0471 T047141.asp history of J&J Kohn File Mundus1.jpg thumb A Mundus Chair, Budapest Image mundus2.JPG thumb The Budapest label Category Defunct furniture manufacturers furniture stub Hungary stub Euro company stub de Mundus AG ... more details
Systems furniture is a generic term for bundles of panels, worksurfaces, shelves, and other items sold by a single manufacturer as a package for furnishing offices. Cubicle s and the sea of cubicles are the item most often associated with systems furniture, but other open plan arrangements such as office landscape are possible. History Robert Propst of the Herman Miller company is usually credited with inventing systems furniture. His original system named Action Office was quickly copied by other companies. Although these systems were not originally intended to compress office workers to maximum density, they were quickly adapted to that purpose. ref http money.cnn.com 2006 03 09 magazines fortune cubicle howiwork fortune index.htm Money article ref References Reflist br architecture stub Category Furniture ... more details
Multiple issues one source January 2011 cleanup October 2010 refimprove January 2011 Amish furniture is furniture marketed as being made by the Amish , primarily of Ohio and Shipshewana, Indiana . It is generally ... furniture first gained attention in the 1920s, when early American folk art was discovered , and dealers ... styles of Amish furniture emerged. citation needed date November 2010 The Jonestown School began in the late ... York City. Another distinctive style of Amish furniture is the Soap Hollow School, developed in Soap ... was a furniture maker based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and it is his designs that most closely resemble the furniture we think of today as Amish made. He was one of the first to abandon the painted, Germanic style influence in his furniture and opted for an undecorated, plain style, following more the styles of Welsh furniture making of the time. The order book he offered to his customers ... price for American folk painted furniture was sold at Sotheby s in 1986. It was a tall case clock .... Great attention is paid to the details of the wood in the furniture making process. Each piece of wood is hand selected to match the specific furniture in mind. Attention is paid to the grain .... Amish furniture is also valued for its sustainability. The Amish woodworkers pride themselves in their work .... Styles There are also a variety of different styles available today in Amish furniture ... Mission and Shaker furniture Shaker styles are similar. dubious date November 2010 These two styles ... and basic design aimed at functionality and durability. The Queen Anne furniture Queen Anne style ..., Cottage, and Beachfront. Amish furniture making is often a skill passed through many generations ... only on outdoor furniture, others on pieces for the living room or bedroom. No piece of furniture ... In recent years, the Amish furniture market has expanded to include online sales. The Amish craftsmen ... 2010 Non Amish retailers often attend Amish furniture expositions in Ohio and Indiana to see Amish ... more details
Merge Tuffet date February 2012 Refimprove date February 2011 File Ottoman furniture .jpg right 250px thumb An ottoman An ottoman is a piece of furniture consisting of a padded, upholstery upholstered chair seat or Bench furniture bench having neither back nor arms, often used as a chair stool or footstool , or in some cases as an improvised coffee table . Ottomans are often sold as coordinating furniture with Chair armchairs or Glider furniture gliders . An ottoman can also be known as a footstool , tuffet , hassock , or tuffet pouffe . ref http dictionary.reference.com search?q pouf reference.com ref Some ottomans are hollow and used for storage. Etymology The word ottoman was introduced into English in the footstool sense in 1806 probably from the Ottoman textile identical French word , which also denotes a type of textile fabric , because the ottoman s typical use in a reclining position was associated in Europe with the Orient , in line with fashionable Ottoman Empire Turkish style. The shape of the first footstools called ottomans were cylindrical and tall, similar to the distinctive tall and round hats of Ottoman government officials. Beyond the 18th century, use of ottoman furniture became common in upper middle class families in western Europe. Citation needed date February 2011 References references Encyclopedia of Furniture by Joseph Aronson http www.etymonline.com index.php?search ottoman&searchmode none EtymologyOnLine External links Wiktionary ottoman Cite EB1911 W1EC 1 wstitle ottoman DEFAULTSORT Ottoman Furniture Category Furniture Category Couches furniture stub be de Ottomane es Otomana io Otomano kk nl Poef ja pl Otomana ru tr Ayak iskemlesi ... more details
other uses2 Slumberland primarysources date June 2008 Infobox company name Slumberland Furniture foundation Start date 1967 location city 3060 Centerville Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 location country United States U.S. locations 122 stores j small as of 2011 11 lc on df US industry Furniture homepage URL http www.slumberland.com Slumberland.com Slumberland Furniture, Inc. is a furniture retailer in the Midwestern United States , founded in 1967. Originally the company specialized in mattresses and La Z Boy recliner s. Today Slumberland has 114 stores in 10 states. It is America s top seller of La Z Boy upholstery and the top seller of Natuzzi , Sealy Corporation Sealy , and Simmons Bedding Company Simmons in the Midwest. Citation needed date June 2008 The headquarters are located in Little Canada, Minnesota . External links http www.slumberland.com Slumberland web page Category Companies based in Minnesota Category Retail companies established in 1967 Category Furniture retailers of the United States ... more details
Scan Furniture was a retailer of modern Scandinavia n furniture that operated six stores in the metropolitan Baltimore Washington, D.C. area. Unusually, it was founded in 1960 in a Greenbelt, Maryland , grocery store the Greenbelt Cooperative , where its success led to it getting its own store. It remained part of the cooperative until about 1988, when the Greenbelt Cooperative entered into bankruptcy reorganization and Scan Furniture was sold to a private firm. It was based in Rockville, Maryland , with a distribution center in Columbia, Maryland Columbia . On December 24, 2007 SCAN filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a report in the Baltimore Business Journal. Its sales dropped 25 million to 17 million from 2005 to 2007, according to court papers filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Baltimore. The retailer cited declining revenue and an inability to borrow money as factors in its filing. External links http www.scanfurniture.com Scan Furniture website Now defunct Category Furniture retailers of the United States Category Former cooperatives Category Companies established in 1960 Category Companies based in Rockville, Maryland Category Greenbelt, Maryland ... more details
A stretcher is a Horizontal plane horizontal support element of a table, chair or other item of furniture this structure is normally made of exposed wood and ties vertical elements of the piece together. There are numerous styles of the stretcher including circumferential, double and spindle furniture spindle design. ref Genuine Antique Furniture , Arthur de Bles, Published 1929, Thomas Y. Crowell ref This term is sometimes referred to as a stretcher beam . A very common pattern for chairs has each front leg connected to the back by the lateral stretchers , which in turn are connected by a medial stretcher . In the William and Mary period chi from the Greek letter chi stretchers were common, connecting the legs diagonally, frequently with a finial where the stretchers crossed. See also Gateleg table Refectory table Palisander chair Notes reflist Category Furniture making furniture stub ... more details
A Spindle , in furniture , is an rotational symmetry cylindrically symmetric shaft, usually made of wood. A spindle is usually made of a single piece of wood and typically has decoration also axially symmetric fashioned by hand or with a lathe . The spindle was common at least as early as the 17th century in Western Europe as an element of chair and table legs, stretcher furniture stretchers , candlestick s, baluster s ref http www.allyourstairs.co.uk ref , and other pieces of cabinet making cabinetry . By definition, the axis of a spindle is straight hence, for example, a spindle legged chair is a straight legged design, even though cylindrical symmetry allows decoration of elaborate notches or bulbs, so long as the cylindrical symmetry is preserved. The spindle leg design is characteristic of many Victorian and earlier Nursing chairs, exposed wood armchairs and a variety of cabinets and tables. In French furniture, the spindle leg may be found on Fauteuil s, chairs, a variety of tables and other pieces. Reflist See also Gateleg table Category FurnitureFurniture stub ... more details
infobox company company name Wickes Furniture company type Private company fate Bankrupt foundation 1971 defunct 2008 location Wheeling, Illinois , United States U.S. industry Furnishings products Home Furniture Wickes Furniture , owned by Sun Capital Partners , was a privately held chain of furniture stores based in Wheeling, Illinois. ref cite news title Wickes Furniture begins going out of business sale url http www.pe.com business local stories PE Biz D wickesweb.29f158c.html publisher The Press ... Wickes Furniture Liquidation Sales Begin This Weekend at 38 Stores url http www.hfbusiness.com article wickes furniture liquidation sales begin this weekend 38 stores 92320 1 date February 2008 accessdate ... Growth After its founding in 1971, Wickes Furniture had grown to 43 showrooms and five distribution centers. The company had over 1,700 employees, making it one of the top 25 furniture retailers in the United States. In March 2004, John Disa was hired as president and CEO of Wickes Furniture by private ... shoe businesses. ref cite journal publisher Furniture World Magazine date July 11, 2007 accessdate December 2, 2010 title Wickes Furniture, Samson Marketing Executives To Receive Top Honors url ... In May 2007, Wickes Furniture announced it would close five stores in Minnesota and a Brooklyn Center distribution center, ref cite news title Report Wickes Furniture to close Minnesota stores ... Vegas. In mid to late 2007, however, the furniture industry was hit hard by the high cost of fuel prices and subprime lending markets. Wickes Furniture filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ..., the company s chief financial officer, ref cite news title Furniture retailer Wickes files for bankruptcy ... 2, 2010 publisher Reuters author Karen Jacobs ref that Wickes Furniture needed a buyer or an investor ... url http www.furnituretoday.com article 44656 Wickes asks court to set auction date.php publisher Furniture ... in 1971 Category Companies disestablished in 2008 Category Defunct furniture manufacturers ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Primary sources date May 2009 Gautier is one of the best known furniture brands in the world. Citation needed date May 2009 The company started its operations way back in 1958 in France and over the last 50 years has attained a global footprint with customers in every corner of the world. As a corporate it has grown rapidly under the stewardship of M. Dominique Soulard, its current Chairman and Managing Director. Worldwide sales have exceeded 160 million Euros in 2007. The share of exports have increased to more than 30 of the annual turnover of the company. It has three integrated manufacturing facilities in France spread over 150000 sq m which produce 15000 units of Gautier furniture every day. Citation needed date May 2009 It employs a Robotic Hydro UV production technology which ensures environment friendliness and its stringent QC process checks and tests each piece of furniture in terms of wear tests, climate tests and safety tests. The international Gautier network enables the brand to be available to customers through 300 stores in more than 50 countries around the world. The Gautier home furniture range covers Bedrooms , Living Rooms , Junior Bedrooms and Nursery room Nursery , Dining spaces , Storage units and other furniture accessories. All the products are designed and made in France. Gautier furniture is a France French furniture company specializing in the office, living and bedroom areas of the home. It has operated in the United States since 1982. External links http www.gautierusa.com www.gautierusa.com http www.gautier.co.uk www.gautier.co.uk DEFAULTSORT Gautier Furniture Category Companies of France Category Furniture makers Category Article Feedback 5 France company stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 refimprove date March 2010 Cottage furniture was popular in the United States , particularly on the East Coast of the United States , between 1830 and 1890. As the American Civil War began winding down and luxury items were once again sought after, cottage furniture began appearing in workshops and then homes of the wealthy in places like Martha s Vineyard , Cape May , and the Berkshires . Due to their popularity, these items would not remain exclusive to the upper class soon, simpler but equally elegant versions could be found in homes all along the East Coast, particularly New England and Pennsylvania . These pieces primarily came in the form of suites , that is, coordinating sets of furniture consisting of a double bed , a washstand, a dresser or vanity with an attached mirror , a small table, some coordinating chairs, and sometimes a chifforobe or wardrobe. Cottage furniture is true to the Victorian era Victorian style in that the beds have high an excess of six feet or more and lavishly decorated headboards. There is some Wood carving carving , usually in the form of finials and medallions, but most of the decoration was painted. Flower s, fruit , and other plants were the most common motifs featuring a large painted flower bouquet bouquet like medallion in a central panel on the headboard and a smaller, matching one on the foot board. Because the pieces were done by local cabinet makers, most of which did not have any formal training in still life ... wildlife . All the pieces of furniture were painted and shared the same embellishments. The most popular ... of Cottage furniture is difficult in the extreme, tops of pieces were rarely painted in detail for this express reason. References cite book title American furniture of the nineteenth century first Celia last Jackson Otto publisher Viking Press year 1965 page 160 Category History of furniture Category Furniture ... more details
, Paris, ca 1770 Mus e Nissim de Camondo , Paris French furniture comprises both the most sophisticated furniture made in Paris for king and court, aristocrats and rich upper bourgeoisie, on the one hand, and French provincial furniture made in the provincial cities and towns many of which, like Lyon ... artisanal rural tradition of French country furniture which remained unbroken until the advent of the railroads in the mid nineteenth century. Provincial furnitureFurniture made in provincial centers ... first French Country Furniture title French Country Furniture url http www.customfurnitureworld.com work Publisher accessdate 7 May 2011 ref Features typically associated with French Provincial furniture ... regardless of whether the furniture is painted or stained. ref cite web first What is French Provincial Furniture title What is French Provincial Furniture url http xavierfurniture.blogspot.com ... Parisian furniture In the metropolitan culture of France , French furniture , connoting Parisian furniture .... In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, French furniture of the classic period 1660 1815, has been ... of the French furniture in the Royal Collection was purchased by George IV of the United Kingdom ... 1879 1933 . French royal furniture The grand tradition of French royal furniture received its impetus ... Louis XV seat furniture, with integrated flowing lines, and a lacquer veneered Parisian commode , mounted in gilt bronze, Ch teau de Talcy In Paris, the furniture trade was divided among Guild European ... furnishings, which included beds and all seat furniture, as they were for the carved boiserie ... of Paris furniture in the mid seventeenth century, retained their control over all carcase furniture ... LouisXVChair1.jpg left thumb 100px Louis Quinze chair, circa 1760 French furniture of the Ancien R gime , often characterised by dealers and collectors by reign names, as Louis Quinze furniture , etc ... Gothic furniture, of which so little has survived French Renaissance furniture of the sixteenth century ... more details
File Logo tfo.gif thumb The Furniture Ombudsman The Furniture Ombudsman TFO , is an independent non statutory body which is regulated by a voluntary Standards Board. It specialises in providing Alternative Dispute Resolution solutions for consumers of the furniture and home improvement industry. It also aims to raise standards, improve service and inspire consumer confidence . TFO has a pool of members which extends to approximately 4,500 furniture and home improvement outlets in the United Kingdom. All of its http www.thefurnitureombudsman.org members of tfo full members Full Members pledge to abide by a http www.thefurnitureombudsman.org document full member code of practice.pdf Code of Practice which bestows additional rights and assurances on the consumers who shop with them. Consumers who are considering who to purchase furniture from, can use TFO s website to search out its members on a store locator. Most of the UK s biggest furniture and home improvement retailers have pledged their support the scheme. In 2011 TFO published its case statistics in an http www.thefurnitureombudsman.org document annual review 2011.pdf Annual Review. In the cases reviewed up until the year ending August 2011, their figures demonstrate that the consumers claim was either upheld in full or in part in 51 of all cases, and was not upheld in 49 of all cases. TFO was established in 1992 with the Office of Fair Trading and it works in partnership with other organisations such as Consumer Direct and Trading Standards . It is recognised by the European Commission as a http ec.europa.eu youreurope citizens national contact points united kingdom index en.htm provider of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the UK and is an associate of the http www.bioa.org.uk British and Irish Ombudsman Association ... on the same site as the Furniture Industry Research Association . References reflist External links http www.thefurnitureombudsman.org The Furniture Ombudsman Category Furniture Category Industry ... more details
cleanup date December 2010 Shaker furniture is a distinctive style of furniture developed by the United Society of Believers in Christ s Second Appearing aka Shakers , a religious sect founded by Jane and James Wardley. They came to America from Manchester, England in 1774 led by Mother Ann Lee . Shaker furniture is widely admired for its simplicity, innovative joinery, quality, and functionality. Shaker designs were inspired by the ascetic religious beliefs of the Society. Shakers made furniture for their own use, as well as for sale to the general public. Many examples of Shaker furniture survive and are preserved today, including such popular forms as Shaker tables, chairs, rocking chairs made in several sizes , and cabinets. Collections of Shaker furniture are maintained by many art and historical museums in the United States and England, as well as in numerous private collections. The underlying principles of Shaker design have given inspiration to some of the finest designers of modern furniture. Also many ideals of furniture formed around the common Shaker furniture construction. ref cite book last Krogh first Frank title The Thesis of Comfort year 1994 publisher Peguin location Reno, Nevada pages 287 ref center gallery widths 200px heights 200px perrow 3 File Shaker closet.JPG Bedroom closet File Shaker bedroom.JPG Adult beds File Shaker babybed.JPG Shaker adult cradle, used in infirmaries to help prevent bedsores File Shaker little clock.JPG Shaker clock File Shaker clock.JPG Grandfather clock File Shelf sconce.JPG Shelf sconce File Shaker cabinet.jpg Shaker cabinet File Shaker bureau.JPG Chest of drawers File Shaker dresser.JPG Bureau or dresser File Shaker dining ... Shaker Furniture http www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org Shaker Museum and Library, Chatham, NY http ... Shaker Village http www.artcomplex.org shaker.html Shaker furniture at the Art Complex Museum Category History of furniture Category Shakers Category Furniturefurniture stub da Shakerm bler de Shaker ... more details
Brynmawr Furniture Makers Ltd was a furniture manufacturing company in Wales . Brynmawr , with much of the workforce traditionally employed in heavy industry, suffered greatly during the 1920s depression. Against this background, the local Quakers formed the Coalfields Distress Committee of the Society of Friends and set up The Brynmawr Experiment as an attempt to relieve the severe economic depression and mass unemployment. By 1934 the Order of Friends had been established. This had two categories of work voluntary work which was based at the Community House, and industrial work based at a small factory called Gwalia Works. At Gwalia Works Brynmawr Furniture Makers Ltd was established as a source of employment for local people. Twelve unskilled men were taken on to build furniture designed by Paul Matt. At first most of the orders were from other Quaker societies, the first for 400 chairs for a Quaker school in York, which were produced for 1 each. Matt was the son of and apprentice to Charles Matt, a Polish immigrant cabinet worker who made furniture to the designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh . Paul designed furniture that was simple in style and easy to put together, taking into account ... movement , the simple lines of which sat well with Quaker philosophy. The furniture itself was of very ... Reynolds. At this time, slight changes to Matt s designs were introduced and walnut furniture was included ... was erected near the old site in 1937. In 1938, Brynmawr Furniture Makers were commissioned to make ... alongside the Brynmawr Furniture Makers to be responsible for the design. The chair, fashioned in natural ... of Brynmawr furniture, ornamentation was restrained and sparse, limited to the reeding of the arm ... of World War II and the demand for high quality furniture rapidly declined forcing the Brynmawr Furniture Company to close its doors for the last time in 1940. Source http www.welshpedia.co.uk Welshpedia Category Companies established in 1934 Category Furniture companies of the United Kingdom ... more details
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