Henry Olko, who has a master’s in architecture, was a furniture maker for more than 30 years. The little-known American furniture designer Henry Olko often worked with pliable bamboo, willow, rattan, and leather-wraps. The vintage circa 1970s sculptural, was the...
Betty Cobonpue is a Philippines-based designer, who in the 1980s created a line of furniture called Scultura. Cobonpue has described her design sensibility with a simple mantra: "No hard edges." In her work, lines flow smoothly through the entire piece. She often...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Fu Dogs Who? Fu Dogs are staples in home decor known for their highly stylistic features and ability to blend into any environment. They have a rich history which spans back thousands of years to the Han Dynasty. Fu/Foo Dogs or correctly known as Fu Lions, meant to be...