NEW TYPES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20178, 5 March 1931, Page 4

NEW TYPES.

FURNISHING THE! FLAT. THE 4 'PERSONAII" SETTING. ' * /i ' i* p *» 5 p In flhristetyttehj as in other centres, a pew type of home risincreasing eo rapidly that f nrniture-makets Ma designing special , types of forfait?** tymnet tbe demands of thojie who live la these blocks,of wod«» c■> The modern building make# 'reproductions of perio'd dfesignfc seem Boilt-in f uriiitoie, by contrast, beloved 6a tho Continent, to the British mind l&fcks homelike atmosphere. It sngiflrts'tfca .detached,.' Jgrafc, of a "furnished apartment," for to him it is part of hie joy in bis homo that he should be able to take all the intipnatfr tond familiar surroundings wiifc him to some other dwelling if need nitnre is international to a large extent, .but the British has ; had'his set- of problems; .to selviMn it# It had to be modern, the outcome of ' the new'way of. living} an expression ojl the feeling of our time. Zt Ssd to rise above mass production ideas and have Individuality. -Extremes is styles ws?e precluded.' The farnitare must, be more lasting than any whim of fashion (fr it would become too great a luxury, U had to save space both in size and "ifSsigfiij> that rooms, might npt. appear overcrowded" or -i ; liookeaser atfe- -designed to frame a lounge cupfboard, after the manner .of a built-in fitment. The washhandstand ie t not a fixture, but can be elesed down at will, making a table top. Desks are so arranged that the papers can fold tot .against the wall. Surplus tables arc collapsible'' neetted*" r * • The dressing table no longer occupies the entire, windotf but is designed.with r a, one-sidpd imitror, and is placed at - right; angles to rthe;#ghfy %a<jwijjg the" smooth, top 16/W used as & writing The' dining-ro<jm' furniture is in miniattuej -plSin ind without projections; Telling*. hpon< the.lbe&nty'of' the wood for its effect. iPieces are speei- - ally" designed to fltinto eomersvpf rooms, or to be used in eonjnnetion with one another.as unit pieces, or, tobeaeparated again ;at will..- 1 . > i-, These are. the technicalities of the iiew j . designs, 'practical and convenient for modern, everyday living. But underlying these qualities is an atmosphere of stability- and dignify that has sometimes been lacking in modern furniture designs."' Closer observation shows them as having evolved from earlier period i work,' rather'than any very revolutionary traits, \ They have' been bnilt op, as' it were, f?oni> thought that has«»tooa tfie,tdfct?of tfane, . WH&TDOp ■ eVery, ;«!iscintty, trouble, or displeasure yon have ever - with yourcar or 1 tractor thronqh unsatisfactory fabrication is ..ffskes, Mofovj&la ond Ltibrksante. All r & a J&\ ' ol t P*"® o6 ♦ Cbi,. i)td.; / „ I<on4on streetejkjte nampdi atftj the houses in them numbered By the rCounty Cwntil, vand it j»u illegal,, to alter a number once given,-or deface wateitih" echoolrponis is' p&ted-to affect- the flSUrierieyJ,*i (Hi© .'children, which is only half that working iu ,well-ir«p^ap|g^p^|