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Sam Maloof (January 24, 1916 – May 21, 2009) [1] [2] was an American furniture designer and woodworker. Maloof's work is in the collections of several major American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Los Angeles County Museum of Art , the Philadelphia Museum of Art , and the Smithsonian American Art Museum . [ 3 ]
Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflects the local culture. People have been using natural objects, such as tree stumps, rocks and moss, as furniture since the beginning of human civilization and continues today in some households/campsites.
Furniture maker is a carpenter who makes standalone furniture such as tables, and chairs. Luthier is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. The word luthier comes from the French word for lute, "luth". Set carpenter builds and dismantles temporary scenery and sets in film-making, television, and the theater.
In Paris, a chair-maker was a menuisier, or joiner: guild regulations forbade menuisiers to engage in cabinet making. Some menuisiers produced the planed and carved wood paneling for rooms , while others, menuisiers en sièges, produced the frames for seat furniture, which would be upholstered by other craftsmen, such as huissiers.
Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word also refers to the materials used to upholster something. Upholstery comes from the Middle English word upholder, [1] which referred to an artisan who makes fabric furnishings. [2]
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The custom-designed case for the Steinway grand piano was made by the company, and is attributed to Bacon. [13] [14] The Warder Mansion (1885–88) in Washington, D.C., was one of Richardson's final buildings. Davenport & Co. made the furniture, but it is unclear whether design is partially attributable to Richardson, or wholly attributable to ...
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