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What are Plywood and its types?

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Plywood is extremely versatile, with applications ranging from interior, structural and exterior. It can be used to complete jobs varying from flooring to ceiling and more than that. In this article, we will explain what plywood is and from which tree we mostly used in our home & how it is made?               History of Plywood? Samuel Bentham invented plywood in 1797, according to Wikipedia. He applied for patents on several veneer-making machines. He described the concept of laminating several layers of veneer with glue to form a thicker piece in his patent applications. Immanuel Nobel, Alfred Nobel's father, realized about fifty years later that several thinner layers of wood bonded together would be stronger than a single thick layer of wood. He invented the rotary lathe after realizing the industrial potential of laminated wood. What is Plywood? ...

HISTORY OF 20th CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION AND FURNITURE — PART 2

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Contribution of Eileen Gray Eileen Gray's early lacquered furniture had both Art Deco and Chinese influences. She progressed to elegant functionalism later on her sofas and tables, in particular, are highly original.                                   Eileen Gray                      A Retrospective of the Enigmatic Eileen Gray Following WWII, two distinct trends emerged in France: one promoting traditional historic styles for mass consumption, and the other promoting hi-tech and Scandinavian fashion for a niche market. Furniture development in England    Art nouveau and art deco, which emerged on the continent, was never fully embraced in England. Designers like Mockintosh, Mackmurdo, Webb, Shaw, and Voysey were working on a modern, simple style of domestic furniture in the spirit of the Art and Crafts movement without fearing the m...

HISTORY OF 20th CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION AND FURNITURE — PART 1

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History Of 20th Century - Part 1 The 19th century had exhausted all the vocabulary of the old design, and creative people in all fields were searching for a new design continent like Columbus. What they sensibly did was dump what they had consumed, go back to the basics, and learn about different ways. There was also another application involved. The Clear Cut in the Past The design of the 20th-century furniture marks a clean break with the past. Something that never happened, even when civilization took over another civilization. Accepting the Industrial Revolution People understood the importance of the machine and acknowledged the increasing value of the machine and the dependence of the final effects of mass manufacturing on a good initial design suited to the machine and not to the craftsman. Then, from the late 19th century, the idea of simplicity and the superiority of feature over shape had spread. Influences of Social and Technology Changes There have also been major...