“The faster a thing is created, the more fleeting its permanence.”
Category: Campaign Furniture
Harder to Kill
“Technical knowledge is harder to kill than any other kind, and is seldom subjected to religious, political, or military persecution.”
— John Gloag, “A Social History of Furniture Design: From B.C. 1300 to A.D. 1960” (Crown)
Let the Campaign Begin
I guess we will find out how much you like Campaign Furniture. I just spent $2,500 on a load of 4/4 mahogany boards that are 16” and wider to build some campaign chests. Plus another $500 on 12/4 mahogany for a run of Roorkhee chairs.
First order of business: Build a full-blown campaign secretary before March 15.
— Christopher Schwarz
Before Ikea
“The cheapest things are bought in India; as much labour or manufacture may be had there for two pence as in England for a shilling. The carriage there is dear, the customs are high, the merchant has great gains, and so has the retailer; yet still with all this charge, the Indians are a great deal cheaper than equal English manufacture.”
— Sir Dudley North, “Considerations upon the East India Trade” (1701)