Sep 25, 2021 | Designs and Designers
Gabriella Crespi, a Milanese designer, best known for her sculptural furniture designs of the 1960s and 1970s. She issued her first line, the “Small Lune” collection, in the 1950s. Crespi studied at the Polytechnic in Milan, where she garnered a fascination with the...
Sep 13, 2021 | Designs and Designers
Henry Talmadge Link (b.1889 d.1983) had been a banker in Lexington, N.C., and New York before he organized Dixie Furniture Company in 1936 with 90 employees. Dixie Company The company, now Lexington, still owns the Link brand and last marketed it several years ago....
Sep 9, 2021 | Designs and Designers
Garden Seats may have evolved out of the Buddhist garden tradition, where natural elements like tree stumps and smooth rocks were used as seats. Though mainly used in the landscaped gardens, they started to be used indoors from the beginning of the Song Dynasty...
Aug 10, 2021 | Designs and Designers
The Chippendale design is prevalent throughout Circa Who Furnitue and the design elements incorporated into our mid century tropical style. It is one of the most sought after styles we sell. Chippendale furniture was created by Thomas Chippendale, a cabinet maker from...
Aug 4, 2021 | Designs and Designers
Franco Albini, born in 1905 in Italy, was a Neo-Rationalist Architect, Designer, and University Instructor of Design throughout his life. Franco Albini is known well for designing the La Rinascente, a department store in Rome, in 1960. In 1928 Albini designed the...
Jun 15, 2021 | Press and Magazines
During the pandemic, the city of Palm Beach saw an uptick in interest—and not from its usual set of octogenarian residents: the tony town once best known for its elegant retirees has become one of the preeminent hot spots for young families seeking space, and sun....
Jun 14, 2021 | Press and Magazines
Daniela Villegas talks about her new insect-inspired coffee table and a love of books. If you follow Los Angeles-based Mexican jeweller Daniela Villegas on Instagram, you may have spied that big cricket in her living room. A fairly recent addition to her...
Mar 21, 2021 | Designs and Designers
For over 150 years Kittinger has been a common household name but what is Kittinger? Who is Kittinger? In 1866, a year after the Civil War had consummated, George and Oliver Colie opened a paper company in Buffalo, NY. After a few years of success they began...
Feb 2, 2021 | Press and Magazines
Sweet Lullaby Nurseries are created for babies but best designed for parents, says Anna-Louise Wolfe, who created a soothing second floor “crib” with masculine and feminine elements to make it suitable for children of any gender. A floral vine wallcovering with blues...
Oct 21, 2020 | Designs and Designers
Not a week goes by without one of our clients proclaiming that they have featured Century Furniture in their homes for decades. Harley Ferguson Shuford, Sr. established Century Furniture Company in 1947 and he built a plant in Hickory, North Carolina. In 1952, Mr....