Armchair, ca. 1960

Early American style
Wood, upholstery

Early American style furniture was also popular during the 1960s. As with the Colonial Revival style brought about by the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Early American furniture summed up sentimental memories of a "golden past." It had the warmth that Danish Modern lacked.

| 1960s |

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