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CertainTeed operates 65 manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada. [2] Certainteed manufactures products for four industries : Roofing, Siding, Insulation, Gypsum and Ceilings. [3] It exports building products to more than 50 countries. CertainTeed has held more than 350 patents on its products in the past 30 years.
Alan Wood, Jr. occupied the estate for less than a decade. A year before his 1902 death, he sold it to his nephew, Richard G. Wood, who lived there for 28 years. Richard began subdividing the land in 1929, including the sale of 200 acres (810,000 m 2) to the Philadelphia Country Club. [citation needed]
A table given a distressed finish, with a historical paint colour, edges that have been sanded down to expose the wood, and vintage hardware attached to the drawers. Distressing (or weathered look ) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered look".
In Wales, he matured as an architect. His first major work in the area was the first of three prisons he would design, Carmarthen 1789–92. [19] This was planned by the penal reformer John Howard and Nash developed this into the finished building. [20] He went on to design the prisons at Cardigan (1791–1796) and Hereford (1792–1796). [21]
Manitoga was the estate and modernist home of industrial designer Russel Wright (1904–1976) and his wife Mary Small Einstein Wright.It is located along New York State Route 9D south of Garrison, New York, a short distance north of the Bear Mountain Bridge.
George Katsutoshi Nakashima (Japanese: 中島勝寿 Nakashima Katsutoshi, May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement [citation needed].
The features of the Cotswold style are primarily identifiable through the use of specific materials. In the Cotswold region, oolite limestone and hard wood are abundant. [8] [1] Lead, on the other hand, was scarce throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, so it is not utilized in any traditional buildings of the Cotswold style. One use of ...
Wendell Castle (November 6, 1932 – January 20, 2018) was an American sculptor and furniture maker and an important figure in late 20th century American craft. [3] He has been referred to as the "father of the art furniture movement" [4] and included in the "Big 4" of modern woodworking with Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima, and Sam Maloof.