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2. Le Corbusier's Furniture - Wikipedia

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   Le Corbusier began experimenting with furniture design in 1928 after seeing a model apartment designed by the architect Charlotte Perriand and inviting her to join his studio. His cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, also collaborated on many of the designs. Before the arrival of Perriand, Le Corbusier relied on ready-made furniture to furnish his ...

3. Empire style - Wikipedia

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   The Empire style ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃.piːʁ], style Empire) is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 during the Consulate and the First French Empire periods, although its ...

4. Duncan Phyfe - Wikipedia

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   Duncan Phyfe. Duncan Phyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854) [ 1] was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers. Rather than create a new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a ...

5. Chaise longue - Wikipedia

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   Chaise longue. A chaise longue ( / ʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ, tʃeɪz -, - ˈlɒ̃ɡ /; [1] French: [ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter. In modern French, the term chaise longue refers to any long reclining chair, such as a deckchair . In English, the term ...

6. 43 Really Odd Jobs That Actually Exist (And Actually Pay ...

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   Furniture Tester. Pay: $41,000 per year. Nothing is worse than a bed or a sofa that's lumpy or bumpy. A furniture tester determines what's working and what isn't, which may require more moving ...

7. Corinthian leather - Wikipedia

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   Corinthian leather is a marketing term coined by the advertising agency Bozell in 1974 to describe the leather upholstery used in certain luxury vehicles of the Chrysler automobile company. [1] The car advertisements conceptually developed the term Corinthian leather to suggest a premium product of foreign origin denoting "something rich in ...