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Glossary of French Furniture Terms
Bergere: Literally translated “shepherdess”, but refers to a wide, comfortable upholstered armchair with a curved and fully upholstered back, like a low wing chair in that it envelopes the body.
Bombe: A bulbous, curvaceous silhouette that became popular during the 18th century’s high Rococo/Louis XV style.
Bouillotte Table: A French table, usually circular, used to play bouillotte, a card game for three to five persons, popular during the Revolution [...] Click here to continue reading.
Note: Chinese names of cities and individuals appear first in Pinyin. Traditional or Wade-Giles versions, where available, follow in parenthesis.
The Golden Years of the Qing Dynasty: The Ming Dynasty Crumbles
By the middle of the 16th century, the once brilliant Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was in decline. Beset by external threats in the form of piracy on the coast and the aggressive Mongol nomads to the north, conditions were made worse by inept [...] Click here to continue reading.
Bilbao collection
Inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in Bliboa, Spain, the Bilbao collection was introduced by Vladimir Kagan in 1999.
Station Wagon Group
Designed by Paul Frankl, the Station Wagon Group was premiered in early 1950. In Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design, author Christopher Long notes, “With their contrasting woods, the designs were intended to evoke the new station wagon automobiles, which had similar wooden elements afixed to their exteriors. But the style was intended, too, as an ‘attitude’ and ‘a new way of life’; Frankl’s furniture was the latest thing for [...] Click here to continue reading.
F.E. Hale Manufacturing Company
F.E. Hale Manufacturing Company was founded in Herkimer, New York, in 1907 by F.E. Hale, a designer of stacking bookcases. The company was initially located at the former factory of Horracks Desk Company, which Hale purchased in 1907. Manufacturing continued at Herkimer until 2003, when the business was moved to a new facility in Frankfort, New York.
The Shop of the Crafters
Cincinnati was a center of the Arts & Crafts Movement in the Midwest. Although primarily known for the art pottery produced by Rookwood, it was also was the home for other Arts and Crafts manufacturers, including The Shop of the Crafters, which was in business from 1904 to 1920.
The company was owned by Oscar Onken and specialized in unique Mission furniture. Crafters furniture tended to be more massive [...] Click here to continue reading.
Tobey Furniture Company
Tobey Furniture Company was founded in 1896 in Chicago, Illinois, by Charles Tobey.
The company’s Arts & Crafts furniture was largely influenced by Joseph Twyman, hired in 1896 after experience as a designer with William Morris.
Tobey Furniture went out of business in 1954.
Limbert Furniture
From 1889-1892, Charles Limbert and his partner, Phillip V. Klingman, operated Klingman and Limbert Co., sales agents for furniture manufactures located mainly in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From 1906-1922 Charles Limbert operated a furniture factory in Holland, Michigan.
Charles P. Limbert’s Limbert Furniture Company produced a popular and affordable line of furniture until 1922, when poor health forced him to sell his interest in the company. Although his designs were said to be [...] Click here to continue reading.
Cyclone table
Designed by Isamu Noguchi, the Cyclone table was conceived in 1953 as a rocking stool made of metal wire and wood. The rocking stool was manufactured in 1954 in varying sizes, and later evolved into a table that became a companion piece to the Bertoia wire children’s chair. At the suggestion of Hans Knoll, Noguchi’s small table was enlarged to full size in 1957.
Reintroduced by Knoll in collaboration with the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Wenzel Friedrich
Wenzel Friedrich, horn furniture maker, was born in Grunthal, Bohemia, in 1827. In 1853 he landed at Indianola, Texas, and settled in San Antonio. He established himself in the cabinetmaking trade, learned in Bohemia. In 1854, he married Agnes Urbaneck, and they had seven children; their youngest son, Albert Friedrich, was founder of the Buckhorn Saloon.
In 1880, Wenzel Friedrich expanded his business to include the manufacture of horn furniture. It has [...] Click here to continue reading.
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