Manti Messenger | 1931-06-19 | Page 7 | 16the Century Furniture Styles Are Coming Back

Century Furniture Styles Are Coming Back Chicago The The newest furniture for American homes this fall will be four centuries old At least that's the Impression of furniture men from all parts of the country who attended the National Furniture market and style show at atthe atthe atthe the American Furniture mart here They mean not that all the old beds and chests will be resurrected but that Sixteenth century furniture styles are coming Into popularity English designs based on the Ja- Ja JaL L' L cobean Gothic and ana Elizabethan furni furniture ture of the Sixteenth and early Seventeenth Sev Sev- centuries was very much more noticeable in the manufacturers manufacturers' displays this summer than formerly It was said Although Early American is probably the volume leader of all aU period furniture the Old English styles are gaining ground The English furniture was chiefly y made of oak and this wood is used for tor the reproductions The original pieces were also massive In size aize and although the Twentieth century replicas replicas replicas rep rep- retain the sturdy appearance of their predecessors they are much smaller scaled down to meet the requirements requirements requirements re re- of modern homes which do not contain baronial banquet halls nor castle courtrooms