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Exhibition of Furniture for Travel 1760 - 1860, Phillips of Hitchin (Antiques) Ltd, June 1987. Ross & Co. of Dublin: The Victorian Army's Cabinet Maker of Choice, Sean Clarke & Nicholas Brawer, Ireland's Antiques & Period Properties, Vol. 1 No. 3 Summer/ Autumn 2004. War Cabinets, Amin Jaffer, Country Life December 30, 2004.
At one point, VMI gave a licence to a furniture manufacturer to produce copies of the desk, available on the web. The field desk was a civil war officers "office in a box." This portable, upright desk has a drop-down front used for a writing surface. The most common modern field desk is made of resistant plastic composites and steel or aluminium.
During the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War army officers' cellarettes often came with crystal decanters, shot glasses, pitchers, funnels, and drinking goblets. [1] Eighteenth century cellarette designs were used into the twentieth century.
M1859 McClellan saddle of the Civil War period, displaying its rawhide seat covering. Fort Kearny State Park and Museum, Nebraska. The McClellan saddle is a riding saddle that was designed by George B. McClellan, after his tour of Europe as the member of a military commission charged with studying the latest developments in engineer and cavalry forces including field equipment. [1]
Its furniture was exhibited at the 1933 Century of Progress exhibition and at the 1964 New York World's Fair. [10] During the 1930s and 1940s Heywood-Wakefield began producing furniture using sleek designs based on French Art Deco. [11] Long-haul bus companies began focusing on passenger comfort in the 1920s.
Early in 2023, a 33-year-old home-design content creator named Justin Miller bought an old chair on Facebook Marketplace for $50. In June, he sold it for 1,700 times that amount -- $85,000 plus...
"The Early History of the Furniture Industry Grand Rapids." by William Widdicomb, ©1909, Pages 63–65. Davidson, Marshall B., "The American Heritage History of Antiques from the Civil War to World War I," NY, American Heritage Publishing Company, ©1969, Pg 70 Proceedings of the City Commission By Grand Rapids (Mich.).
It began as a furniture and upholstery shop/warehouse, but after the Civil War became one of the first American firms to provide complete interior decoration services. With their own design office and cabinet-making and upholstery workshops, Herter Brothers could provide every aspect of interior furnishing—including decorative paneling ...