THE LIVING ROOM DESK by Elizabeth Harris As I have been leading tours of The Gamble House for years, I have become especially interested in imagining the Gamble family members as they went about their actual lives in this marvelous house with its extraordinary furniture. Desks were vitally important in those days. Just as most of us today use computers and frequently travel with our cell phones and laptops, many …Read More
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Design Without Compromise
GREENE & GREENE FURNITURE: DESIGN WITHOUT COMPROMISE More labor? It barely registered in the exquisite examples from these brothers. What really mattered: Integrity, Beauty, and Utility by Darrell Peart & Ted Bosley for American Period Furniture Magazine Reprinted with permission Society of American Period Furniture Makers Greene & Greene furniture holds a unique place in the history of American woodworking. It marked a high point in the American Arts and …Read More