GLASS FURNITURE
Tlx? vogue for glass furniture fuul littings increases daily, and dceoiatois arc exploring the new possibilities of glass for all interior purposes, states a writer in a London newspaper.
The Duchess of 1-Vnaranda, has asked Mr Denham Maclare.n, who is an expert on glass, to design live tables for her iiew villa in the Canary Mauds. These nil! be black pla.tc glass nearly an inch thick, some as much as 4ft. in diameter. They will have glass- logit, hob! tog-ether by curved metal tubes.
At the moment Mr Macl-aren is contemplating designing an armchair with sides of thick glass, supported at the back with metal tubes. This will seem in the distance to be a padded seat and back suspended in mid-air. All-glass dressing tables are very popular because they are so simple. I was shown one consisting of a glass mirror and light attached to two glass shelves. A calfskin stool was provided for madame to sit upon,
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Shannon News, 25 October 1929, Page 1
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161GLASS FURNITURE Shannon News, 25 October 1929, Page 1
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