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Unusual Shape: When it comes to furniture, shape and materials are key in a country-style room. Here, a round Table with a chunky pedestal looks pleasingly rustic, especially when painted a pale shade, as here. The chairs have a more contemporary shape, but their wicker bases help them feel natural and countrified. The old glass-fronted Wall cabinet has plenty of personality and works as both storage and display space. Two matching tall tables in either corner make an unusual shape addition, but look gorgeous, providing storage space for wine bottles and dining room bits.
The arts, in general, are looked upon favorably as the settings for features. Odd or unusual shape occupations will be accepted almost automatically as feature picture subjects. In fact, anything odd or unusual shape in any way is almost certain to click with the editor, provided of course that you cover it with a set of good pictures which point up strongly the odd or unusual shape aspects of your subject. Anything dramatic, too, is sure to be accepted if your pictures underline the drama.
During the 19th century, factories in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland manufactured bottles and flasks for various purposes, many of which have become collector's items, due to their color, shape, or unusual shape design. They were made in yellow, amber, various greens, aquamarine, sapphire blue, pink, red amber, amethyst, lavender, and moonstone, the latter now very rare. The flasks were of both opaque and clear glass, decorated with ribbed, swirled, or diamond designs, or made in the shape of violins and log cabins. Among the most desirable to the collector are those decorated with historical or political themes, pictures of famous persons, masonic emblems, and American eagle or other patriotic designs. |
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