Continuity and innovation: recliners, sofa beds, rocking chairs, and folding chairs.

The Magazine Antiques | May 1, 2002| | Copyright

With the rise of the new middle class during the nineteenth century, a whole new breed of craftsmen began to design furniture. Compared to their predecessors, these furniture makers were often unschooled in the art of cabinetmaking. Some were purely businessmen, others were inventors, while still others had worked in furniture factories but had little formal training in the trade. Much of what these workers produced was in direct response to the growing desire among consumers for comfortable, space-saving, and movable furniture--all-important considerations for an upwardly ...

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