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An expandable table with chairs. This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks. [1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.
On April 31, 1978, Interco acquired International Hat Company and its six factories, as part of Interco's expansion into the apparel industry. [7] In 1980, Interco added furniture as a major division. [2] That year the company bought Ethan Allen Inc. for $150 million. [8]
The Taylor Cos., a nearly 200-year-old company that bills itself as the oldest furniture manufacturer in the United States, announced that it plans to go out of business. August 8, 2012 [14] On September 18, 2012 the Gasser Chair Co. of Youngstown, Ohio announced that it had acquired the intellectual property of Taylor Chair Co. This will allow ...
Low table by Isamu Noguchi (1945) Sofa by Isamu Noguchi (1950) Bucket chair by Charles and Ray Eames (1950–1953) Aeron chair by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf (1990s) Herman Miller was founded in 1905 as the Star Furniture Co. Initially the company produced furniture, especially bedroom suites, in historic revival styles. [3]
A dado rail, also known as a chair rail or surbase, [1] is a type of moulding fixed horizontally to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado or wainscot and, although the purpose of the dado is mainly aesthetic, the dado rail may provide the wall with protection from furniture and other contact.
Milo Ray Baughman, Jr. (October 7, 1923 – July 23, 2003) born in Goodland, Kansas, was a modern furniture designer. Baughman designed for a number of furniture companies starting in the mid-1940s until his death, including Mode Furniture, Glenn of California, The Inco Company, Pacific Iron, Murray Furniture of Winchendon, Arch Gordon, George Kovacs, Directional, and Drexel, among others.
Folding chairs also were used as grave goods in the richest graves. A folding chair of ebony and ivory with gold fittings was found in Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. Folding chairs were used in Ancient Egypt, Minoan Greece, and Ancient Rome, as well as during the Nordic Bronze Age and the Medieval Period. The frame was mostly made of wood, and ...
Lifetime Products Inc. is a privately owned company founded in Its main products are blow-molded polyethylene folding chairs and tables , picnic tables , home basketball equipment, [ 2 ] sheds , coolers , kayaks and paddleboards , and lawn and garden items, along with OEM steel and plastic items from other companies.