Shanaia Jane G.

Bual
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NAME YEAR BRIEF HISTORY/DESCRIPTION

Painted and grained black and often embellished with stenciled fruit
1820-1850 and flower decorations. It has a striking black finish, a deep maple
wood stain, and exquisite gold beading. The rocking chair twice
played a part in American presidential history. It became an

Boston rocking chair enduring symbol of the John F. Kennedy White House, but its role
in the last moments of Abraham Lincoln’s life is not so well known.

Adjaye’s Washington Skeleton chair comes in a handful of finishes —

2013 some even suitable for outdoor use. The Washington Skeleton chair
is made from die cast aluminum and is cast in three parts and
joined using steel fasteners. It comes in various durable painted
Washington Skeleton Chair colors or a copper plated version that allows the chair to tarnish
with age.

A Windsor chair is a chair built with a solid wooden seat into which
1724 the chair-back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled
holes. Traditionally, the legs and uprights were usually turned on
a pole lathe. The back and sometimes the arm pieces are formed
 from steam bent pieces of wood. The first chairs made this way
were shipped to London from the market town
of Windsor, Berkshire in 1724. There is speculation that the chair
derives its name from the town of Windsor, which became the
center for the trade between the producers and the London dealers.
Windsor chair

It is believed that Lord Phillip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of

1800 Chesterfield (1694-1773), commissioned the first leather chesterfield
settee with its distinctive deep buttoned, quilted leather upholstery

Chesterfield sofa and low seat base. Apparently the Earl requested a local craftsman
to construct a piece of furniture that would allow a gentleman to
sit upright in the utmost of comfort allowing sitting without
wrinkling the garment. This was the original purpose of the
chesterfield sofa with its characteristic deep buttoned upholstery,
rolled arms, equal back and arm height and nail head trim.

Vigan tiles are earthenware tiles that originated from the Ilocos
16th to 19th century region. In their raw form, they have a subdued orange color. They
Vigan tiles may also be treated to achieve different finishes.

Roman shades are a type of window covering used to block out the
AD 70–80 sun. Roman shades are different from standard window shade in that
 they stack up evenly when being opened; however, when they are open
they are visibly smooth, not bumpy or ribbed like typical vertical
shades or blinds. The origins of Roman shades are often said to date
to Rome’s famed Colosseum, the ancient arena that was the site of
elaborate—and often violent—Roman spectacles.
Roman shade

Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by

15th and 16th centuries convention after the city of Uşak, Turkey – one of the larger towns
in Western Anatolia, which was a major center of rug production from
the early days of the Ottoman Empire, into the early 20th century
Uşak carpets
(although these patterns were woven in other regions also).

Iznik ceramic tiles were used to decorate many of the mosques

15 and 16th centuries in Istanbul designed by Mimar Sinan. However, the industry declined in
the 17th century and İznik became a mainly agricultural minor town in
Iznik tiles the area when a major railway bypassed it in the 19th century.
Currently the style of pottery referred to as the İznik Çini is to some
extent produced locally, but mainly in Kütahya, where the quality –
which was in decline – has been restored to its former glory.

Tiffany Studios, New York, 'Venetian' desk lamp, the multicolored shade
1910 executed in deep blues to rich hues of green, with red accents. The base
 is adorned with bands of circular glass cabochons that simulate the
precious jewels- rubies and garnets -worn as personal adornment by the
era’s nobility and wealthy merchant class.

Venetian desk lamp

They are named after the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in
4th century BC Eastern Apulia. There, the first examples of the style were
discovered in the mid-19th century. Their production began in Apulia
around 370/360 BC, in parallel to the local version of the red-figure
style which developed tendencies towards polychromy around that
Gnathia vase time. Typical of Gnathia vases is the application of different paints
directly onto the glazed vase body.