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Making Furniture:
With the rise of the factories and the industrialization of furniture making furniture, new styles in vogue in England, France and. to a lesser degree. Germany still continued to influence design in this country. Books illustrating furniture
exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in London, at the Universelle Exposition of 1867 in Paris, as well as books, furniture trade papers and magazine articles on each successive furniture style, were liberally used by American designers for new ideas. The final English impact on American furniture occurred when Charles L. Eastlake, an architect, wrote Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Details.Furniture Industry of the United States.— The United States furniture industry of the present day is producing a wide range of furniture of general and specialized designs. In addition to that made for household use, the industry makes special types for use in offices, stores, restaurants, public buildings, for such professional uses as hospitals and laboratories as well as cabinets for radio and television sets and phonographs. Its scope also includes the making furniture of mattresses and bed springs, as well as the newer Hollywood headboard beds. The furniture is of both wood and metal.
Some of the early factories produced nearly all the standard furniture forms; others specialized in one or more, but whether their product was a full line or limited, it was sold in wholesale quantities to a new type of merchant, the retail furniture dealer. At first he referred to his establishment as a furniture or cabinet warehouse and later as a furniture store. If located in one of the larger cities he might also have his own factory but he was essentially a middle man and with his coming, direct contact between the maker and user of a piece of furniture ended.
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