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Show 6p Alicia jHfce 1 ,..WyiT..)i-r......iL1Mi.T , i ,, ,,i..i. in.ip. .i. . Vf ' ,"''', t'y j . "i i LI L I " l ii Mi I wii i mi all . i f aW JusMaT MP- :, r. 1 .' ' ' ' - y i '-j ...- u i ii i Til. iJh' - - ... .. - -i. i. - New Collection Boasts Beauty of Teak Teak exotic in beauty, but i no longer in price is an oriental orien-tal wod being used ever more widely to fashion furniture for American homes. LlecauM of its great strength and toughness as well as its highly high-ly distinctive grain pattern, it hat always been a principal furniture fur-niture wood in Hurmn, Java, East India and French Indochina Indo-china where the teak tree grows. It ran never be as generally available avail-able as mahogany which must also be imported, for the true mahoganies come only from tropical America and Africa where there are considerable stands of large trees. In contrast con-trast to mahogany's pink-tinged brown luster rnd medium pores, teak is tawny yellow with a texture tex-ture almost v "masculine" as oak. The cedar lined storage pieces illustrated above are part of a coordinated co-ordinated group of bedroom and dining room furniture and living room tables with Danish feeling feel-ing to them. Thanks to matching dimensions, dimen-sions, two pieces placed side by side, as above, provide a single, smooth surface. And the fronts are exceptionally interesting to the eye. Note the direction of the dark streaks, o characteristic of teak, and you 11 see that the grain in on runs horizontally, in t'other, vertically. Further, in the cabinet, tha teak it "book I matched" that is the grain pattern pat-tern is so joined t.Ht it forms a complete, delightfully atistrnct "figure" on each door. In the chest, the grain pattern in until "at random" (slip-matched), but great verve U attained because the swoop of the grain is reversed on the bottom drawer. Wood beauty like this is possible possi-ble in volume toda" because of "bonded wood" construction. This revolutionary method of the ancient art of veneering gives flat wood areas great stability and strength. Theso bonded surfaces permanently retain their place and their beauty. The pulls are as romantic in sound and history as teak. Easily grasped shafts, they are carved out of rosewood. Used as an accent, their darker wood contributes to the harmony of the total design in which metal pulls, for instance, could look garish. Casually tapered hardwood legs are firmly braced with supporting support-ing stretchers, fashioned in a favored modern manner that adds a feeling of lightness as well as strength to substantial pieces such as these. In accord with the best in modern design, nowhere here is there a hint of superfluous ornamentation. Instead, In-stead, factors of function and convenience are amply provided I and express in lines of greatest I simplicity and in the enduring I beauty of natural hardwoods. |
