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Show New Furniture Good in Design An increase in the amount of popular-priced modern furniture of good design has been noted at recent furniture shows, where dealers were given previews of furniture pieees to come on the market in the immediate future. Ranch-style furniture, intended especially for the many single-story single-story houses being built today as well as for apartment living, is expected to be one of the most popular types. It is an adaptation of American Provincial design. Beautiful wood veneers, frequently fre-quently of cherry, oak, birch or maple, give warmth and distinctive distinc-tive appearance to much ranch-style ranch-style design. Veneers of many different imported and domestic woods are used not only for. at-tractivenes at-tractivenes but because hardwood plywood, of which the veneers are a part, resists splitting and warping more than solid wood does. The large windows found in modern houses also are having a distinct influence on furniture design. de-sign. Big windows leave less wall spae for furniture. At the furniture furni-ture show in Chicago, small end tables intended to help solve this difficulty were shown. |