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DAYTRIP: SHAKER DESIGN
March 11th, 2008 by Maxine
Out of This World: Shaker Design Past, Present, and Future at Bard Graduate Center for the Decorative Arts, March 13-June 15, 2008 Technorati Tags: , bard, FURNITURE, Maxine Snider Inc., shaker design FURNITURE: The Collector’s Table, Repetition II
March 11th, 2008 by Maxine
One of the reasons that collections often look drool-worthy: repetition. The element of repetition is alluring, and no one knows better than a collector how much fun it is to line up a collection into compulsive rows.The collector’s table is a beautiful piece for the prideful collector. We can see any number of objects–like and […] FURNITURE: Villa Tower
March 3rd, 2008 by Maxine
We’re happy to announce a new design: The Villa Tower is a handsome and practical open storage piece for books and favorite objects. Used alone or in pairs, its architectural character marks an interior space with height and texture. Utopia: Shakers
January 6th, 2008 by Maxine
The Shakers are famous for their bureaus, sewing tables, dressers, flat brooms, and boxes. One Shaker sister gave voice to the popularity (read: commodification) in a BBC documentary, titled “I Don’t Want to Be Remembered as a Chair. Some of us can think of worse legacies, of course. Few people know that aside from the fine furniture, the Shakers […] Inspiration
November 1st, 2007 by Maxine
Welcome to a new addition to our website——our BLOG. It will include anything and everything about furniture and design (not just ours) that I’m thinking about. Enjoy it and give us feedback! I’m often asked “what inspires you”? That’s a hard one because the list is endless. It could be an interesting pattern or motif, […]
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