Place for RCA 730TV1

RCA 730 TV1 was a BIG SCREEN TV in 1947!

The Science Musium in London is a great home for this television, in one of their antique television set displays. The musium contains a large collestion of antique television sets.

The launch of independent television (ITV) in 1955 meant that some radio programmes were successfully transferred on to television, By 1960 television had been transformed in the home from an amusing diversion to the means by which the great mass received their entertainment, news, sport and information. Social snobbery about owning a television was so strong that some houses sported TV aerials, though they lacked the actual set.

A Place

You know a great place for the lava lamp is right here in Greensboro. It is at a place called The Natural Science Center. It is a place where anyone can enjoy it. It has many different kinds of exhibits and things to see like an animal, space and extreme science room. I think the lava lamp would be placed in the science room. It has many different aspects to it and use design in several ways. But mostly it is a place for kids to learn about different things in the world and how they work. Even though the lava lamp has little to do with advanced sciences. The lamp might not be to deep into science but the lamp brings fun and still into the room and the whole place. There are other things in the room that might go with the lamp like an electric globe, math games, and more. What the space has is a great learning environment by having big objects and signs to help direct you throughout the space. I believe that it would be a fantastic place for the lava lamp and you can go because The Natural Science Center is at 4301 Lawndale Dr. not far from our campus.

A Place for a Sewing Machine

The Isaac Singer sewing machine can be found in one of Australia's oldest and largest antique centre's - the 'Sydney Antique Centre.' "The warehouse, plus cafe, is located just 2.5km from Sydney's CBD", in a thriving and constantly improving area called Surry Hills. This now prominent area, was once an "overcrowded slum, with brothels and notorious gangs." However today it is a different story. Surry Hills is "a colourful and diverse inner-city suburb that is well known for its art galleries, antique dealers, cafes and pubs, and fashion and rag trade outlets." Thus, it is only appropriate that the Sydney Antique Centre be situated here amongst shops selling clothing, vintage, homewares, collectables, bookshops and food. The shop itself has displays arranged in a pleasing manner with convenience for the visitor. The sewing machine is an antique piece from the 1850’s, the first commercially successful sewing machine. It would be a desired antique for its classic design.

In comparison the Rookwood Vase is located in a place where similar objects are appreciated. As is the sewing machine in a place which appreciates antiques, the Rookwood vase is in a modern home in Pittsboro, NC - a town with a rich pottery history.
The Natural Science Center contrasts because it is a place for people to learn about facts/objects and their place in the world. It is a learning space, compared to the Sydney Antique Center which simply appreciates good design.

http://www.sydantcent.com.au/framesethome.html

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/aboutsydney/CityLocalities/SurryHills.asp

Philadelphia: city of brotherly love, and my home

My house is located in Philadelphia, PA. It sits on fayette st. which runs straight to the Schuylkill river. Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth most populated in the United states. The name Philadelphia is Greek for “the city of brotherly love’ which is the cities nickname. However if you have ever attended an eagles, or phillies, game you could beg to differ. One thing I’ve learned from being from this wonderful city, is to avoid sporting event drunks at all cost. Europeans arrived in the Delaware valley in the 1600’s, and the Dutch, British, and Swedish founded the first settlements. William Penn’s plan for the city was that it would be like an English rural town instead of a city. The cities roads are designed with a grid plan, with rotating one way streets. This was originally designed this way so that the houses and businesses would be spread far apart and surround by gardens and orchards. Philadelphia’s architecture history dates back to colonial times and includes a wide range of styles. Despite the skyscrapers that were put up City hall remained the tallest building in Philadelphia until 1987. Culture and art is a huge success in Philadelphia. Certain districts still exist such as Conshohocken, which is the polish district, and German town, which is the German district. Many residents still carry these backgrounds such as my Nanny P who lives in Conshohocken.
Sight seeing is huge in Philadelphia. South st. is a very populated street during the evenings; it houses many theatres and bars. It also houses the two best and most famous Philly Cheese steak stands, Geno’s and Pat’s. Both sit across the street from ach other and are rivals. The Philadelphia museum of art is one of the largest art museums in the U.S and is most recognized from the movie Rocky. City Hall houses the Liberty bell and is visited by thousands of tourist each week. Philadelphia has not had much luck with sports for quite sometime but by the grace of god the Phillies won the world series this past fall and the DROUGHT IS OVER LET IT RAIN!!!!!

a place for a center table

The Center Table is a table that was recreated numerous times in the Herter Brothers career. This particular table has no documentation of where or who it was designed and built for. It was found at the Sherwood Hall residency (Thurlow Lodge) but was not part of the original collection Herter designed for Milton S. Latham. The residency was owned by another of Herter’s clients, Mrs. Mary Hopkins, who bought it in 1893 for her adopted son. Mary Hopkins was the owner of the Hopkins Mansion in San Francisco where Herter was hired to design the interior spaces. Marquetry seen on the table is almost identical to marquetry in a reception room of the Hopkins Mansion seen from photographs taken before a fire that destroyed the mansion in 1906.

When the Thurlow Lodge was purchased in 1893, it is believed that furnishings from the mansion were moved here for storage. After the Sherwood Hall was not fit to live in and abandoned in 1906, Timothy Hopkins removed some of the furnishing to the Gate House on the same property. After Mary Kellogg Hopkins died, Stanford University became the owners of Sherwood Hall, later auctioning off contents to local private owners. The building was later on sold to Universal Pictures in Hollywood which used the belonging furniture as props and the lumber that constructed the dwelling for movie sets.

The table is now housed in Virginia, purchased by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Knowing the history of the table, possibly being passed down from a parent to a child, this piece would be more at home with a distant relative/collector of antiques or in an Eastlake or Stick style dwelling. The Eastlake/Stick/Victorian/Queen Anne style can be found all over the United States and also in the United Kingdom. The style was named after Charles Locke Eastlake, an architect and writer in England. He planted seeds in the Arts and Crafts movement by returning to the simple straight-line designs. He prompted the use and celebration of natural raw woods.

place for Rookwood Vase

www.pittsboronc.org/about/index.asp

www.waymaking.com/waymarks/WM7M5

www.nccenet.org/the-parks-at-meadowview/

The Rookwood vase is found in a modern home in Pittsboro, NC. The owners have chosen to move to Pittsboro for several reasons. Pittsboro is a small town in Chatham County with a population of 2525. It has a small town feel while being close to Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Durham. There is a rich pottery history and active current potters like Mark Hewitt and the Seagrove Potters in the surrounding area. Rookwood Pottery, prized and collected for its quality, would be appreciated in an area like this where pottery is valued. Pittsboro has also received national attention in recent years for being the site of the first Dwell prefab Home. In this area, one can enjoy a private plot of land while being close to the conveniences and universities of the triangle cities.
Pittsboro is similar to Asheville in that they both share a strong craft tradition and the characters of these cities or towns are strongly informed by the universities that they contain or that are nearby.
Pittsboro is dissimilar to a city like New York that is associated more with a history of industry and dense urban population.

Laura Snoderly

sources:
www.artsmia.org/modernism/Ointro.html
www.pittsboronc.org
www.hewittpottery.com
www.discoverseagrove.com
ww.wieler.com/homes/featured-projects/wieler-house/

Portland, Oregon; Josie McKinney

www.wikipedia.com

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/flissphil/3036263855/

Located on the very edge of Maine and next to the beautiful Casco Bay on the Atlantic Ocean is the charming and historical city of Portland. From its shopping and boating to its art galleries, hidden delightful boutiques, and interesting history, this city is one that should be put on everyone’s list of places to visit, and maybe even to live.
Years ago, Portland was a fishing and trading village. In the 19th Century, it became one of the main hubs for transportation because it had a huge train station within it. Slowly and slowly more people would move there, causing the population to rise steadily. Small business owners would bring their businesses to the city and help it to grow economically.
Today the now well populated Portland is widely known for its arts. When taking a walk downtown, one would be taken aback by the great number of art galleries and studios for artists. It thrives greatly on its handmade crafts, which is the same notion as the arts and crafts movement. The downtown area is right next to the water of Casco Bay, which gives the city a laid back atmosphere. The roadways are still cobblestone in Old Port, which show how the city is trying its hardest to hold onto its history and not give in completely to modern thinking.
The city of Portland Maine is truly picturesque and a seemingly amazing place for a sophisticated urbanite to live.

sources- http://www.ci.portland.me/
http://www.portlandmaine.com/

http://www.visitportland.com/

The Windy City

allposters.com

richard-seaman

Chicago Photos

Home to the John Hancock Building, the Windy City is currently the third largest city in the US. From meager roots as a trading post in the early 1800s, Chicago quickly gained importance with its establishment as a vital railway hub and completion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in the 1840s. Chicago's immense progress came to a halt with the Great Fire of 1871, which destroyed the bulk of the city. Following the fire came the "Second City," as Chicago was rebuilt into a steel-framed metropolis. The resulting building-boom gave way to a crowded Chicago landscape and a growing skyline. Chicago emerged as a pioneer in modern American architecture, harnessing new materials and technology to produce innovative structures. Chicago is known for its prominent industrial focus, as well as its forward nature and rich cultural history.


Chicago developed much in the way that New York did. The presence of esteemed architects in each city marks the landscape with incredible and historic landmark buildings. The trade responsibilities of each city bring rich cultural life to each, and integrate each city with its position in the world.

Chicago is unlike Washington D.C., as it lacks the historic context of similar east coast cities. The strong political historic value of these east coast cities separates Chicago’s trading and business industry from the strong political membrane of the capitol.

Murphy's bed in New York

Murphy's bed was designed to be a practical solution for small spaces. Murphy designed in in the early 1900s because of the huge increase of population in urban areas. I placed the bed in New York City because the city is known for high rent and small apartments. This would be the ideal location for the bed because it is a completely functional piece. The bed was designed for an urban environment so it would fit seemlessly in with the surrounding enviroment. It would also help the people living in the tiny apartments to feel that they were living in an actual home environment. In a city that never sleeps it helps to have one space providing two things, sleep and entertainment.

Compare: Murphy's bed would work in any huge city where there is a lack of space and small apartments. It would be most useful in an environment that would have the most need of it. It would help reduce the amount of room needed for one person and help more people afford a place in a major city.

Contrast: The palace of Versailles would be the worst place for the Murphy Bed. The palace if full of opulence. It has lots of room and has no need for a two in one room. The bed is made strictly for function whereas the entire palace is more decoration than anything.

a place for the penguin donkey

the penguin donkey book case was originally designed during the second generation modernist movement in 1939 and was a design response to the traditional appearance of bookcases the preceeded it. the designers of the penguin donkey pushed the boundaries of design by experimenting with the idea of molded plywood in furniture design. the idea of pushing the boudaries when dealing with materials not only played a big role in furniture design, but also with the new styles of architecture.
one of the biggest design movements that became internationally known during the rise of the penguin donkey was the modern movement.

the approach of modernism was to reduce the ornamentations into simpler, more pure forms and pay more attention to the functional aspects of design. because of WWII alot of european designers designers left their countries' in order to continue spreading their new design ideas. one of the main placesthat was greatly infuenced by the modern movement was chicago, illinois.

chicagos landscape during the 1930's was greatly influenced by the modern movement, just as the penguin donkey was. the city of chicago is the place in which the penguin donkey will be placed because of its connection back to the same movement. the city of chicago compliments the penguin donkey because of the fact that they both are products of the modernist movement. even in recent designs in chicago we still see the ideas of pushing the boundaaries of design by the use of material, and trying to figure out what more we can do with simple materials.

Place for the Barcalounger

The world has influenced the Barcalounger throughout our history, design movements, and reforms. There are always influences available because we always have the past to retrieve inspiration from. Times throughout our history have triggered further development leading up to the creation of the Barcalounger reclining chair. Chicago seems to be the crossing point where many of the styles and reforms either occurred or originated. Since at this time, the post World War II years, houses were quickly being built the furniture was also in a stage where they too can quickly be built with the right equipment and machinery. From the early times when Greece and Rome were at their high peeks, seating forms were ornamented, elegant, and structurally uncomfortable to sit in. From this point cultural influences helped in the design of seating styles to come. Recently within the past century, developments of different types of industries became relevant. The introduction of the machine and its ability to produce items more complex than anything human hands could create was an important stepping stone. The textile industry also played an important role because the Barcaloungers are all upholstered with a large assortment of textiles. People today would not be able to personalize their purchased chairs if the textile industry was not able to create many different materials that were available in a range of colors and patterns.
The Barcalounger in return has also influenced the world because it has taken the talents of individuals and combined them to create an American treasure. Something as simple as a reclining chair is able to show the world our country’s uniqueness and innovation to create a motion chair that provides support for the ergonomics of people. Even though the appearance looks bland and not original, it still took all of the previous creations, styles, reforms, and ideas to create this 1960’s treasure.

Similarity: Chicago is similar to New York in that it had a lot of great architects come and be the inspiration of design movements and New York also has a large suburban area because a majority of the working people in New York spend three hours every day traveling to and from work.

Difference: Chicago is different from a city like Boston because the hovering style in Boston is more on the historic side because of its American history. The suburbs of Chicago appear to be more repetitive and lacking the unique quality because population numbers led this to happen. The suburbs of Boston are probably more unique in style and more traditional.

Source: Andy's Computer Solution
DJ Doubys

From Mansions to Lofts

The Sheraton Tilt-top table was originally placed in the Nichols House which is now a museum located in Boston. I choose to move the location of the table in order to use it to it’s full potential. The table's ability to transform from a functional table to being flipped up and stored out of the way allows it to save space and to be flexible for many places. Thus, an appropriate place for the table would be in small city lofts and apartments. This would be good because the table can transform allowing for more usable space. Since space in any city is not easy to come by and always needs to be used as efficiently as possible, the table would be a perfect match. New York City in particular would be a great marketplace for the table since there are so many small lofts and apartments, and people are always trying to save space. People often try to design their lofts with unique prices of furniture and artwork and the Tilt-top table could be that piece. It is not a table that is seen in the average family home, so it would be a great way to get the table into the public eye.

Source: http://www.venere.com/img/hotel/6/3/4/2/262436/image_studio_oneroom_1.jpg
Source: http://www.antique-auctions.com/images/walnut-tilt-top-table.jpg

Compare:
My place is similar to Brittany Dasso's. She had a Murphy Bed that flips up off the floor into the wall creating more open space in the room. She also choose to put her artifact in New York City.

Contrast:
Jennifer's Russian Day bed is in a very different place from a New York City loft. Her bed is placed in Surgut, Russia in a small country home.

Reverberating Memories

The Stratford family maintained their farm with their 5 children. On special occasions they would receive guests in the main room displaying their culture and wealth to the community. Being able to take a break from farming and relax with the “upper crust” bringing people together and helping entertain was a welcome break. The chocolate pot became a utensil to show culture and assist with bringing people together. Communities were small and farms were typically farther apart than our homes today. You knew your neighbors and you could “call” on them if you needed something. In contrast we don’t know the people on our block today.



The Jones took over the farm in 1960. Today they use their chocolate pot when they bring their family together. The pot is no longer an item to show wealth but a touch from the past to bring tradition to the youth. Distances have increased and neighbors are more distant. The Children live in other cities and states but they all know the taste of the chocolate treat as part of their holiday tradition. The fine china, the “real” silver, the silver chafer, and the family star for the tree are all brought out of storage and removed from the display cases for the celebration. These are no longer daily use items due to their worth and delicate nature, so, they are preserved to continue the tradition in generations to come.



Having history touch future generations helps put a thread between us and the past. Preserving ideas and traditions is part of what we are doing here, but, the rest of the point here is to put these ideas in our own tongue and express ourselves.

Reverberations of an object in a space throughout the community and across the country shows how a small object can bring us back to a space and remember an event.

Bristol

The Wall Sconce by Alexander Fisher is designed around the form of a peacock and shows the feathers of the bird protruding from the animal's body. The center focus of the sconce is the peacock representing nature and its beauty. Therefore, the space that inhabits this design piece is art nouveau inspired. This apartment building is located in Bristol, England. Bristol is an appropriate location for this peacock wall sconce because of the balance between a booming city life and the incorporation of green landscaping through out the city plan. Bristol, although I have never been there, appears to embrace the art nouveau ideals like incorporating nature into architecture and design.

In comparison, a city such as Raleigh incorporates a lot of trees and greenery within the city plan creating a more pleasing place to live. In an art nouveau inspired city, there should be an incorporation of both the new industrial buildings and the greenery in between them. This is also reflected with in the wall sconce because of the industrial materials like the metal and the peacock motif.

In contrast, a city such as New York has very little greenery except for a few parks and takes little interest in the natural world. Alexander Fisher is showing an appreciation for nature in the form of the peacock and therefore the location of this sconce should reflect that.

Barcelona Daybed Place

An office building located in the Shanghai business district.

Shanghai cityline where I picture the office building to be located.
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Downtown Shanghai at night. It looks like a totally different place from the daytime.
pics.livejournal.com/sinjoo/pic/0002dxpa/s320x240

The Barcelona daybed embodies the ideals of modernism in a single piece furniture. Made of leather and steel, the daybed experiments with shapes and angles not commonly seen in furniture. Because of such risky behavior I set the Barcelona daybed in a skyscraper office building in the downtown district. Lets take a look a the story:

The last time you heard from me, I was on my way to a business meeting in downtown Shanghai. I described to you the office building but i did not describe to you the surrounding buildings. Known as an upcoming city, Shanghai reminded me of cities back home like Las Vegas and New York City. At night the downtown district is home to tons of bright lights and crowds of people. During the day, the city greets you with a beautiful view of the ocean while at night you are greeted with the skyscrapers that once looked like regular office buildings. But at night they take on a whole different look. Like the office building I went to earlier for my business meeting almost does not even look the same. As the surrounding lights bounce off of the glass windows the building seems to glow. And like all the other buildings around it, this office building no longer seems intimidating but fun. One thing that I liked about the business district of Shanghai is that the building had several characteristics. During the day they take on a prestigious feel while the bright lights allow for a sense of fun that you would not expect.

Although similar to many cities back home like Las Vegas and New York City, the Shanghai business district can be very different from other cities, especially Washington, DC. Like Shanghai, Washington D.C. is a business district as well a political centre. But unlike the buildings in Shanghai many of the buildings do not take on several personalities. Influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, most of the government buildings downtown maintain that same feel of prestige even in the night time. But I guess that comes from the two cities being totally different.

Sources:
pics.livejournal.com/sinjoo/pic/0002dxpa/s320x240
generik.smugmug.com/photos/4773016-S.jpg

Mackintosh Meets Moulin

Within the zeitgeist for sustainable design and planning, are the creative avenues for historical appreciation and reverence. Among the choice locales that are springing forth with revamped, sustainable structures is the Hotel du Petit Moulin in Paris. Once a 17th century bakery turned to ruin, the now famous and coveted hotel was restructured from the inside out and re-used after being termed "irreparable" in the preceding years before its refurbishment. Couturier Christian Lacroix helmed the reconstruction and refurbishment, catering to every keen detail that explodes from the colorful interior of the space. Each room, befitted with elements of 1960's Swedish design, along with some of Lacroix's own ornate textiles gives the room a complete look. Lush tapestries rest against the walls like languid Madonnas before they're images are emblazoned onto canvasses.

Compare: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh "Armchair" with it's ebony wood, espresso finish, sumptuous curves, and violette glass inlay would fit in well with the many historical references within each room, along with the diverse color palate. In rooms so ornate and grand, with the many pops of color and luxe textures would operate well as a whole with a grand gestural and historic piece such as the Armchair.




Contrast: To continue with sustainable refurbishment of hotels, we can also look at the Kruisherenhotel, Maastricht, Germany. Although the hotel lies within a medieval Gothic cathedral, the aesthetic of the hotel belongs to a much more Modern calling. Rich in modernist/Scandinavian curves as well as space-age orb lanterns, the Mackintosh Armchair would seem very much like a square in a social circle. Although the exterior recalls a forgotten time, the interior displays nothing but new contrasted to the ceiling. Utilizing leathers and metals of most the space, adding arts and crafts woodwork into the equation would neither look, nor feel right. This hotel is about the notion of modern comforts, created and design to cater to us, not to showcase expert craftsmanship in woodworking. Unfortunately, this is not the place for the "armchair."

www.lapetitmoulin.com
www.kruisherenhotel.com
"The Sustainability of Interior Design", Massey.



--Corey Fitzgerald

The Mantel Clock in its Place

The scales of human built things on the earth are endless. There are countless names for groups, sections, areas, and objects, all suggesting a different scale of things. It is almost frightening to consider all of these scales in order, because we are unsure of how far these scales span out, or how far one object can be expanded upon, in either direction. Take for example, a simple mantel clock by Joseph Maria Olbrich. This art nouveau style clock was created with purpose. An object that belonged to a room. And as it was created specifically for this room, it belonged there. Just as the room itself was designed and fit specifically with the building.
Art nouveau was about nature, and in nature, everything has it’s purpose. The mantel clock is in it’s room, the room is in it’s building, and now the building needs a place. As art nouveau is about everything having a purpose, the building has it’s place somewhere with nature nearby, so as to connect the outside to the inside- connecting the rest of the universe to a smaller scale, just as the mantel clock does for the building. It is in this way that the mantel clock influences the world: by being the smallest scale, from which to grow upwards. Without this clock, the room cannot tell the time. Without the room, the building would not be whole, and without the building, and it’s connection to nature, the built environment and the place in which it exists would have no connection. It is a system of influences and parts that make up the human experience of the built environment, and in a system, every piece has it’s purpose, just as the mantel clock by Olbrich influences the piece of earth and space is occupies.

In comparison, The washstand has a direct connection to it's location in Greensborough, as the washstand was placed in a house for the governor, which the city was designed around. Without the washstand influencing the room and building, the building couldn't influence the location, much like the mantel clock.

In contrast, the Macintosh 512k in it's place is dissimilar because it is in a museum, on display. While it fits in the museum as a piece of art, like all other pieces of art to be observed, it does not serve any other function besides display. It impacts the place it is in by being a part of it, but in contrast, the mantel clock is a functioning part of it's place, influencing the larger scales in a different way.

(photograph taken by me in paris, france, as an example of a city in which nature is a big part, where an art nouveau style building could possibly be situated near a natural area.)

Marian Mahler Curtain: Lauren Thore

Place: Torrance, California neighborhood

The art deco style curtain was placed in a late 20th century house in Torrance California because the districts surrounding the neighborhood have art deco elements throughout its architecture. Like I mentioned in the last post Cliff and Diane Numark's house was recently redesigned by Lee Snijders, and his design team, from Design On A Dime. They created an art deco style bedroom to match the charm and ornamentation from the nearby downtown elements.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Torrance+California&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image

Contrast:
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank

The Marian Mahler curtain would be completely inappropriate in the Hongkong & Shanghai bank because it was designed in the high-tech modern style and it is a professional office building that would not have much use for an art deco curtain with mobiles on it. It is much more believable that the HSBC would probably have some sort of high tech system installed for the windows that keeps the natural sun light to a minimum.

http://www.artificeimages.com/buildings/Hongkong_and_Shanghai_Ban.html

Compare:
Sunnyside Queens, New York

Sunnyside is full of unusual art deco apartment entrances, flats, monumental arch and commercial buildings. The curtain could easily be placed in a house or apartment here because of the relaxed nature of Sunnyside and because of the rich history of art deco influenced architecture.

Surgut, Russia

images are from google images

The Russian Day-Bed was designed in the mid 16th Century. It is completely made out of wood and was designed during the arts and crafts movement. It would most likely be placed in a bedroom or a a nursing baby’s room.
This particular daybed was place in a young infants room so that the mother could stay, if she did not want to walk back in the middle of the night, in the room with the child after feeding or changing diapers, and if the child were sick the parent could sleep in the room with him or her if they felt the need to.
Surgut, Russia was founded in the late 16th Century. Located on the outskirts of Surgut, in the country, is a small country home with the Russian day-bed inside. The home is located near the mountains and in the winter becomes snow covered for most of the season. The house does not do very well with keeping warm it takes up a lot of energy. The summer season is very short in this region but still a beautiful time of the year.

Place for Etagere- St. Petersburg

images derived from http://www.pbase.com/hiker_photograph/image/48246980

Étagère was designed and produced in 1851-1866, functioning as a furniture piece to be used in the bedroom or parlor during the nineteenth century. This rococo style furnishing was obtained generally by the high-class. This elaborately designed and hand carved piece is traced back to Russian influences.

Étagère is placed in St. Petersburg, Russia at Catherine’s Palace. Placing Étagère in this community will preserve the history of the piece and connect it back to its rococo and baroque roots. St. Petersburg encompasses a variety of rococo style buildings. The high style buildings in St. Petersburg contain a very adorned façade with intricate carvings and details. The city of St. Petersburg and the artifact, Étagère, go hand in hand.

Similar Place: Étagère could easily be placed in the city of Prague in Czech Republic. Prague contains many high style buildings of baroque influence. Rococo and baroque are comparable in style, both including sophisticated and intricate design elements. The artifact, Étagère, contains similar elements of the buildings present in Prague.

Contrasting Place: Étagère should not be placed in any building or place built after the 1920’s. There was a dramatic change in society and architecture at the turn of the century. Industrialization took over, and the appearance of the buildings was forever changed. Skyscrapers and new materials were introduced, making the construction of buildings different from the past.