Tambour doors now and then
Polish furniture maker Tom Bensari takes a look at the evolution of the tambour door, from its roots in 18th century France to contemporary furniture collections.
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Designer’s Notebook: Extracting the past
Paul Bouchard’s Egyptiptian stool journeyed from tomb to museum to computer to paper to shop.
Read moreAmana Church Bench
With a long and storied history going back to the early 1800s in Iowa’s Amana colonies, this bench is built to survive being broken down and transported, and used every week by church members.
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