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Continuity and innovation: recliners, sofa beds, rocking chairs, and folding chairs.
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 mobile clientele.
Called by one historian "constituent furniture," (1) these goods were ...
- Reclining Chair.(PRODUCT WATCH)(Buyers Guide)
- Magazine article from: Nursing Homes July 1, 2005 700+ words
The PrimCare Reclining Chair from GlobalCare was designed to encourage the resident to become ambulatory. The reclining action is activated by applying body...
- MOTION MOVES UPSCALE IN HIGH POINT. (reclining chair furniture design)
- Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network Switzer, Liz May 11, 1998 700+ words
...better dealers and higher price points with a starting range from $599 to $699. Berkline also touted the new Urbana, a reclining chair that offers chaise construction. The design includes an adjustable, semi-attached waterfall back in both fabric and...
- Boy, 8, killed by his gran's reclining chair.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) Harper, James June 4, 2000 700+ words
A BOY of eight was killed when he trapped his neck in his grandmother's electronic reclining chair. Frantic firemen took only two minutes to dismantle the orthopaedic chair and free the boy, but he died after being stuck for...
- Dreamtime La-Z-Boy wins patent. (for #554 reclining chair; name changed to...
- Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network August 5, 1996 700+ words
MONROE, Mich.-- A design patent has been granted to La-Z-Boy Chair Co. for its #554 "Dreamtime" reclining chair. The Dreamtime design is groundbreaking, both for La-Z-Boy and the industry, according to Jack Lewis, director of...
- Patent No. 7,575,279 Issued on Aug. 18, Assigned to Robco Designs for...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 22, 2009 700+ words
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Dale Robertson, Cheltenham, Great Britain, has developed an adjustable reclining chair. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,575,279 on Aug. 18. The patent has been assigned to Robco Designs Ltd...
- Reclining chair.(Product focus: furnishings & floorcoverings)
- Magazine article from: Nursing Homes November 1, 2003 700+ words
Dor-Val Manufacturing's 1724USB resident-room chair can recline and lock at any position. The gas piston mechanism allows for easy push-off reclining. The contemporary style is complemented by plush, high-back upholstery that makes this chair attractive and comfortable. An optional two-position
- LAUNCH PAD.(beginning decorating a first apartment with a large reclining...
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful KENNEDY, MARGARET January 1, 1999 700+ words
"You'll never guess what I won," I said to my son Gene on the phone last April. "Something you've always wanted." He was about to graduate from Trinity College in Hartford and would begin a training program at a bank in New York in the fall. "I thought you'd like it for your first apartment," I
- She Wields a Pen: American Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century.
- Magazine article from: The Women's Review of Books Loeffelholz, Mary July 1, 1997 700+ words
...The feminist recovery of nineteenth-century American women writers...Many important novels by nineteenth-century American women have been...Talks and articles on nineteenth-century American women's fiction...
Source: HighBeam Research, Continuity and innovation: recliners, sofa beds, rocking chairs, and...