1920’s Store / Furniture

1920’s Furniture

Many bungalow style houses built in the 1920's used built-in furniture, such as bookcases, breakfast nooks, sideboards, china cases and window seats, which reduced the amount of free-standing furniture. This enabled rooms in bungalow type houses to be small and cosy without being cluttered.

The Art Nouveau movement had already shifted the public's focus to appearance rather than cost. This was followed by the Art Deco movement that often used strong colors and geometric shapes to convey the "modern" look. Mission style furniture with it's rugged earthy look and Spanish influence was very popular.

Mission furniture was designed to emphasize the fact that necessity involves simplicity and that simplicity is the key note of harmony. This furniture, while adapted with much precision to its various functions, is of almost primitive directness. It is done in oak with a pale olive Craftsman finish, and thus becomes an integral part of the bungalow.

It may be noted in the four-room type of house that the living room often served as dining room also. This was accomplished in various interesting ways, by the use of a folding table or by the use of a table of the gate-leg or refectory type which serves the double purpose of dining table at meal times and as living room or library table, fitting attractively into the furnishing scheme of the room at other times.

Table lamps and free standing lamps on wooden or brass bases and stands complemented the sofas, tables, chairs, and cabinets of the 1920's home.

1920's Furniture - Check out these great deals on eBay