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• Utility furniture — refers to furniture produced in the United Kingdom during and just after during World War II, under a Government scheme which was designed to cope with shortages of raw materials and rationing of consumption. Introduced in 1942, the Utility… …   Wikipedia

• utility — /yooh til i tee/, n., pl. utilities, adj. n. 1. the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer. 2. something useful; a useful thing. 3. a public service, as a telephone or electric… …   Universalium

• utility — u•til•i•ty [[t]yuˈtɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties, adj. 1) the state or quality of being useful; usefulness 2) something useful; a useful thing 3) a public service, as the providing of electricity, gas, water, a telephone system, or bus and railroad… …   From formal English to slang

• utility — n. (pl. ies) 1 the condition of being useful or profitable. 2 a useful thing. 3 = public utility. 4 (attrib.) a severely practical and standardized (utility furniture). b made or serving for utility. Phrases and idioms: utility room a room… …   Useful english dictionary

• furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …   Universalium

• Furniture — For the UK band, see Furniture (band). A dining table for two Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work… …   Wikipedia

• Antique furniture — is the term for collectible interior furnishings of considerable age; often its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features makes the furniture desirable.Antique furniture may support the human body (such as seating or beds),… …   Wikipedia

• Modern furniture — Three versions of Marcel Breuer s Wassily Chair Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. It was a tremendous departure from all furniture design that had gone… …   Wikipedia

• Casimir (furniture designer) — Casimir, full name Casimir Reynders (born in Koersel, Belgium in 1966) is an international well known Belgian furniture designer.He studied industrial design at the SHIVKV in Genk (now Media Design Academy) and since then he s been an independent …   Wikipedia

• Sydney Gordon Russell — Sir (Sydney) Gordon Russell (20 May 1892 – 7 October 1980) was an English designer, craftsman and educationist.He came under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement from 1904 after his father had moved to Broadway in the Cotswolds to be… …   Wikipedia

• Arts and Crafts Movement — The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of… …   Wikipedia