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geometric furniture design by frank lloyd wright1 comment

Fran wrote 5 months ago: my first encounter with frank lloyd wright’s work was a tour one summer’s afternoon thro … more →

Tags: vintage furniture, modern furniture design, Designers, furniture, shelves, Chairs, American, furniture design, Wood

globalization, interior design, and art nouveau

Fran wrote 7 months ago: tassel house, brussels, 1893, victor horta, first floor landing with view toward staircase if i coul … more →

Tags: Designers, modern furniture design, Style, vintage furniture, Art Nouveau, asian, brussels, France, frères

adjustable lounge chair by william morris the socialist dreamer1 comment

Fran wrote 7 months ago: still searching for a lounge chair for an outdoor seating area.  what angle should the backrest be? … more →

Tags: vintage furniture, modern furniture design, Designers, Industrial Revolution, lounge chair, English, Morris, english arts and crafts movement, Stickley

kohn bent wood baby cradle furniture design find at moma2 comments

Fran wrote 7 months ago: need a baby cradle?   child's cradle, 1895, ebonized bentwood, austria, by jacob and josef kohn, … more →

Tags: Designers, modern furniture design, vintage furniture, Austria, Baby, bent wood, cradle, Kohn, Modern Art

furniture design, bent wood chairs, alvar aalto, and my dad

Fran wrote 7 months ago:   chaise-lounge model 43, alvar aalto, finland 1936 alvar aalto was an anti bauhaus modern designer … more →

Tags: Designers, its about people, modern furniture design, vintage furniture, Alvar Aalto, Bauhaus, Belief, bent wood, birch

in search of the perfect lounge chair - betty joel and art deco

Fran wrote 8 months ago: do you have $37,500.00 handy?  if so, you may be interested in this chaise lounge chair attributed t … more →

Tags: its about people, vintage furniture, modern furniture design, Designers, Hong Kong, lounge chair, chaise lounge, Bauhaus, British

british military influence on bauhaus furniture design

Fran wrote 8 months ago: folding british campaign chairs inspired the basculant and wassily chairs.    this is an interesting … more →

Tags: Designers, modern furniture design, vintage furniture, furniture design, Bauhaus, busculant, wassily, roorkhee, British

bauhaus furniture design, impressions of the tubular steel lounge chair

Fran wrote 8 months ago: tubular steel and wheelchairs.  an unfair association?    mies van der rohe D 42 bauhaus armchair i … more →

Tags: its about people, vintage furniture, modern furniture design, Interior design, furniture design, Bauhaus, Meis van der Rohe, tubular steel, Germany

lounge chair design, the need to unwind, furniture classics up to thonet1 comment

Fran wrote 8 months ago:   upholstered chaise lounge thonet brothers 1900 can you picture lying around in this lounge chair i … more →

Tags: Style, chaise lounge, Classic Design, Edwardian, England, France, lounge chair, Thonet, thonet brothers

the best lounge chair design: the la-z-boy??

Fran wrote 8 months ago:   a la-z-boy recliner     second to tv’s, la-z-boy recliners are the fastest selling items at … more →

Tags: its about people, (Hard) Work, lounge chair, La-Z-Boy, Recliner, TV, thrift store, Invention, Risk

6 tips for practical furniture design - chairs, curves, glasses of wine2 comments

Fran wrote 9 months ago: life is complicated, it has radical ups and downs.  we need more curves, they calm, they welcome us … more →

Tags: How To Ideas, Style, america, American, Cafe, Chairs, Curves, Design, dining chairs

furniture design - thonet's lifestyle

Fran wrote 9 months ago: how do you get from this…. to this? Thonet's mass produced no.14 chair you cannot … more →

Tags: its about people, vintage furniture, Britain, Chairs, Design, furniture, (Hard) Work, Hong Kong, Industrial Revolution


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