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Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating , storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks ), or to ...
Gold mined from the Cordillera Mountain Range were brought down to the coast through the Aringay-Tonglo-Balatok gold trail, [6] [8] making commercial trade centers out of Aringay and the neighboring settlement of Agoo, [6] whose coast at the time was shaped in such a way that it was a good harbor for foreign vessels coming into Lingayen Gulf.
Nailhead trim (A type of decorative detail used in upholstery, rows of closely spaced metal studs or nails with decorative heads [mostly brass or nickel, usually antique-finished] hammered into the frame of the furniture.) (A good starting reference for the history would be the 1987 Book Upholstery in America & Europe: From the Seventeenth ...
Tiffany & Company, Union Square, Manhattan, storage area with porcelain, c. 1887 Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young, [12] in New York City, as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium", with the help of Charles Tiffany's father, who financed the store for only $1,000 with profits from a cotton mill. [13]
Butter Bar – A second lieutenant, due to the gold color of his rank insignia. "By your leave sir/ma'am." – Used with a salute prior to passing senior officers who might be advancing in the same direction; protocol states the senior must acknowledge by returning salute with phrase "Carry on" before the junior passes on the left. [29]
Epstein's grandfather, Isaac Epstein, was Lithuanian-Jewish.He arrived in Britain in the 1890s at the age of eighteen, from what was then part of the Russian Empire. [3] [4] His grandmother, Dinah, was the daughter of Joseph, a draper, and Esther Hyman, who had emigrated from Russia to Britain circa 1871/72 with their eldest son, Jacob.
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Ricky Dene Gervais (/ dʒ ər ˈ v eɪ z / jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and musician.He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms The Office (2001–2003), Extras (2005–2007), and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) with Stephen Merchant.