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2. Le Corbusier's Furniture - Wikipedia

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   Le Corbusier began experimenting with furniture design in 1928 after seeing a model apartment designed by the architect Charlotte Perriand and inviting her to join his studio. His cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, also collaborated on many of the designs. Before the arrival of Perriand, Le Corbusier relied on ready-made furniture to furnish his ...

3. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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   Types classified by materials. Wooden furniture. Bamboo furniture. Wicker or rattan furniture. Metal furniture. Plastic furniture, also known as acrylic furniture. Glass furniture. Concrete furniture. Bombay furniture, also known as blackwood furniture.

4. Sofa bed - Wikipedia

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   A sofa bed or sofa-bed (in the US often called a sofabed, hide-a-bed, bed-couch, sleeper-sofa, or pullout sofa) is a multifunctional furniture typically consisting of a sofa or couch that, underneath its seating cushions, hides a metal frame and thin mattress that can be unfolded or opened up to make a bed. A western-style futon differs from a ...

5. Thomas Chippendale - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Chippendale (June 1718 – 1779) was an English cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director—the most important collection of furniture designs published in England to that point which created a mass market for ...

6. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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   Chinese home furniture evolved independently of Western furniture into many similar forms, including chairs, tables, stools, cupboards, cabinets, beds and sofas. Until about the 10th century CE, the Chinese sat on mats or low platforms using low tables, but then gradually moved to using high tables with chairs.

7. Charles and Ray Eames - Wikipedia

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   Charles Eames ( Charles Eames, Jr) and Ray Eames ( Ray-Bernice Eames) were an American married couple of industrial designers who made significant historical contributions to the development of modern architecture and furniture through the work of the Eames Office. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art, and film.

8. Futon - Wikipedia

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   Futon. Japanese-style futon s laid out for sleeping in a ryokan (inn). In green, three shikibuton s per bed; in red, turned-back kakebuton s. The top two futons in each stack are covered in white fitted sheets, matching the pillowslips. A futon ( 布団) is a traditional Japanese style of bedding . A complete futon set consists of a mattress ...

9. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   Victorian decorative arts. Dante Gabriel Rossetti 's drawing room at No. 16 Cheyne Walk, 1882, by Henry Treffry Dunn. Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and ...