The chronicle of modern furniture start in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, when furniture could be mass-produced in factories by machines instead of made by hand, piece by piece. Although for a long time a clear split between technology and art remained—new materials and inventions challenged the engineer, while designers were generally content to draw inspiration from past styles—the potential of technology was seen by a few forward-thinking designers.
Most important was the Austrian
Michael Thonet, who produced what is considered to be the first modern furniture in the middle of the nineteenth century. After much experimenting, Thonet perfected a steam process for bending hardwood by machine, a process still used today. His furniture was first shown internationally at the London Exhibition of 1851, where it was appreciated immediately. Inexpensive and well-designed, bentwood chairs and other pieces became widely popular in Europe both for home and public use.
Thonet's company produced much of the world's classic
modern furniture. In addition to Thonet's own designs, the company manufactured some of the work of Josef Hoffmann and Otto Wagner, and later that of Mart Stam,
Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus faculty members. It was the first company to make "knock-down" furniture and it shipped some chairs unassembled to both sides of the Atlantic. Thonet Industries still mass-produces modern classics by many designers.
Another early designer was Joseph Beverly Fenby, who’s Tripolina Chair, created in 1877 of canvas and wood, was a simple and
inexpensive provision of portable seating. The Colonial Chair (designer unknown) was another such innovation, also made of canvas and wood, but with a revolutionary structure, first used by British officers in India. Both chairs are still popular today. The Colonial Chair was updated by Denmark's Kaare Klint in 1933 and renamed the Safari Chair.
The Shakers in the United States were precursors of the modern movement. It was their idea, many decades before the Bauhaus, that form must follow function—one of the most important principles of modern design. Their
modern furniture first became popular around 1860 and is popular again today.
The bedroom atmosphere we create is up to us. We could go for luxury bedroom furniture and decadence, with rich fabrics and sumptuous textures; or for calm sophistication, defined by elegant tailored lines and cool, neutral colours; or perhaps the refreshing simplicity of painted floors and furniture and crisp gingham covers. The trick is to devise a room where you feel completely at ease - a retreat from the rest of the world where you can switch off and totally relax. The problem is the right choice of bedroom furniture, - because we will live with it for long time.
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With all your living room problems well in hand and a list of furnishings firmly in mind, how do you pull everything together? Begin by establishing a focal point. Every piece of furniture can't be low in a room, and the "something high", such as a break-front or a tall secretary, can become a focal point If you have a camel-back sofa on one side of a living room, balance it with something else of significance on the other side. If you ignore the opposite wall, the room will lack balance. Interest will sag. A focal point in a traditional living room is often the fireplace. It can also be a series of plates or small platters, or several rows of well-framed and matted botanical prints from books. By establishing your focal point, you have already resolved two major walls.
