constant effort,and our success as artists and craftsmen islargely due to happy, original attempts in thisdirection. Our first and leadingpurpose in building a cabinet, case, bed, orchair, is that the design shall represent, andnot confuse the structural idea; in a word,that our art shall not… … intended for decoration, which do not decorate,which appear to be part of the constructionand yet have no part in it, we arrive at thedesired end: that is, the perfect correspond-ence of the piece to its primitive use andintention. At the same time, we donot make our constructive features…
Furniture
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