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Throughout the rest of the century, Scandinavian designers and architects would embrace the modern.  Andrew Graham-Dixon, Art of Scandinavia III: Democratic by Design, BBC 2016

 

The Stockholm Exhibition of 1930: a showcase for Scandinavia’s design and architecture.  ibid.  

 

Functionalism … believed that if you streamlined everyday objects this would change not just the way people thought about furniture but the world itself.  ibid.

 

As well as the money, there was the will to build on an industrial scale.  ibid.    

 

 

Chippendale published catalogues of his work to enable consumers to choose exactly which ornate design would look right in their homes.  David Dimbleby: Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Money, BBC 2010

 

 

The Gentlemen and Cabinet-Maker’s Directory Being a Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic Chinese and Modern Taste.  Thomas Chippendale, catalogue 1754

 

 

The ancient Chinese science of improving energy or Chi ... by rearranging your furniture.  Penn & Teller, Bullshit! s1e7: Feng Shui/Bottled Water, Showtime 2003

 

 

I used to sell furniture for a living.  The trouble was, it was my own.  Les Dawson

 

 

Plywood is another everyday miracle ... The glue bonds with the woods fibres and sets hard ... Strength, flexibility and mouldability ... The Mosquito was the fastest aircraft in the world, and the secret to its success was that it was made almost entirely of plywood ... All because of the remarkable properties of plywood.  Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners I, BBC 2015 

 

 

In the golden age of British furniture – the 18th century – one man defined the age in wood.  He stood for luxury, elegance, the finest furniture ever to come from these isles.  His name – Thomas Chippendale.  Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork I: The Extraordinary Thomas Chippendale BBC 2013

 

Chippendale was betrayed by the very men he tried so hard to please.  ibid.  

 

There was a new wood on the block – mahogany.  ibid.

 

He came to be known as the High Priest of Mahogany.  ibid.

 

The first ever furniture catalogue – The Gentlemen and Cabinet Maker’s Director.  ibid.

 

A leader of furniture design in London.  ibid.

 

Robert Adam: a fresh style which came to be known as Neo-Classicism. ibid.

 

 

I know not how it may be with others

Who sit amid relics of householdry

That date from the days of their mothers mothers,

But well I know how it is with me

Continually …  Thomas Hardy, Old Furniture

 

 

In this process the chamber and its furniture grew more and more dignified and luxurious; the shawl hanging at the window took upon itself the richness of tapestry: the brass handles of the chest of drawers were as golden knockers; and the carved bed-posts seemed to have some kinship with the magnificent pillars of Solomon.  Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

 

 

You gonna help me steal some furniture: it’s the least you can do.  Trailer Park Boys s4e3: Rub ‘n’ Tiz’zug, Julian  

 

 

Habitat: ‘For some people modern design served straight will suit their eye and suit their wallet’ … More extreme ’60s’ looks were available.  The Home that 2 Built s1e1: The Sixties, contemporary commentary, BBC 2020

 

Margaret Powell [Waring & Gillow] v David Hicks [Habitat]  the pair were asked to go shopping for furniture and design their favourite room … they swapped rooms and then the fun began.  ibid.

 

 

Make Your Own Furniture with Albert Jackson & David Day.  The Home that 2 Built s1e2: The Sixties, BBC 2020

 

 

Nicola and Joanne died in their bedroom from the poisonous smoke of a burning settee.  The inquest gave the cause of death as ‘inhalation of toxic fumes’.  Two weeks ago ten people died in Woolworth’s Manchester store following a fire at the furniture department.  World in Action: Armchair Inferno, ITV 1979

 

Polyurethane foam was invented 25 years ago.  It revolutionised the furniture business, creating new designs and comfort.  But if polyurethane catches fire, it burns fast producing enormous heat, dense black smoke and toxic gasses which kill within minutes.  ibid.