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2. Noguchi table - Wikipedia

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   The Noguchi table is a piece of modernist furniture first produced in the mid-20th century. Introduced by Herman Miller in 1947, it was designed in the United States by Japanese American artist and industrial designer Isamu Noguchi. The Noguchi table comprises a wooden base composed of two identical curved wood pieces, and a heavy plate glass ...

3. Coffee table - Wikipedia

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   Couch and coffee table in a hotel room. According to the listing in Victorian Furniture by R. W. Symonds & B. B. Whineray and also in The Country Life Book of English Furniture by Edward T. Joy, a table designed by E. W. Godwin in 1868 and made in large numbers by William Watt, and Collinson and Lock, is a coffee table. [4]

4. Modern furniture - Wikipedia

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   Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. Post- World War II ideals of cutting excess, commodification , and practicality of materials in design heavily influenced the aesthetic of the furniture.

5. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A further development in this direction was the "birdcage" table, the top of which could both revolve and tilt. Chess table; Pembroke tables, first introduced during the 18th century, were popular throughout the 19th century. Their main characteristic was a rectangular or oval top with folding or drop leaves on each side. Most examples have one ...

6. Vacuum coffee maker - Wikipedia

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   When the coffee has finished brewing, the heat is removed and the pressure in the bottom vessel drops, so the combined force of gravity and atmospheric pressure overcomes the pressure of the bottom chamber, causing the brewed coffee to be pulled into the bottom chamber of the vacuum coffee maker, leaving the coffee grounds in the top chamber. [6]

7. Coffee table book - Wikipedia

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   Coffee table book on a coffee table. A coffee table book, also known as a cocktail table book [citation needed], is an oversized, usually hard-covered book whose purpose is for display on a table intended for use in an area in which one entertains guests and from which it can serve to inspire conversation or pass the time.