Category: furniture...

integration of utility, craftsmanship, and beauty
with the rise of veneering and carpentry techniques, the profession of cabinetmaking was born, followed by that of chairmaker
real antiques made more than 100 years ago
to be furniture, it must be movable and most languages' word for furniture is based on Latin mobilis "movable"
furniture produced in the past 5000 years has not undergone innovative development in any functional sense
new synthetic materials and fabrication techniques are recent and the only real revision of the concept of furniture
grand households on the move in medieval times with enormous baggage trains carrying coffers and furniture, kitchen equipment and provisions
one of the joys of antique furniture is that it is a tangible link with the past
sitting at an 18th-century desk it is easy to imagine an earlier owner leaning on the same surface, writing an important letter