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Crafts Miniature Wooden Chairs:
This simple Table and chairs look neat and rustic. The Table has slim legs, tapered at the bottom and the chairs are a classic shape. An oak cabinet on the Wall provides a little storage space and its rich wooden tones are perfect in this room.Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. During the 19th century the design of chairs began to reflect rapidly expanding technology. The first patent for coiled springs, made of iron or steel wire twisted into spirals, was granted to Samuel Pratt of London in 1828. They were soon used for upholstered chairs, which became deeper, softer, and larger and were called "overstuffed chairs," Other new materials such as thin laminated woods, which could be bent into intricate shapes, papier-mache, and prefabricated metal forms were experimented with by 19th century designers. Probably the most successful was Michael Thonet of Vienna, whose "bentwood" chairs continued to be manufactured in huge numbers in the 20th century. The English designer William Morris, founder of the arts and crafts miniature wooden chairs movement (q.v.), designed the "Morris chair." Its movable back made it a forerunner of modern reclining chairs.
Who says you have to have matching chairs round a dining table? Here, there's a mix of seating. Two unusually shaped chairs add a sculptural feel to the table, and the contrasting colours add to their impact. They're teamed with a white chair in a classic shape and they sit beautifully around the rectangular wooden table.
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