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...Chippendale to turn to, more and more modern architects are trying their hands at the designer's art, turning out a new kind of furniture to fill the empty rooms of their new buildings. The result is a family of modern classics in furniture, from bubble lamps to chrome-legged ottomans (see color page), that completes the modern picture as harmoniously as Sheraton and Chippendale fitted the classic Georgian settings of their...
...they get a little nick in the windshield, rush out and get a new one. There are a lot of nicks in windshields these days, and the problem of glass breakage is becoming acute." Two-toned paint jobs, rear ends that have reared up into expensive units, swooping chrome, power brakes and steering, windows and seats-all these have increased body repair costs...
Anyone who happened to meander about yesterday afternoon might have noticed the number of long, chrome-plated automobiles lined up at stoplights. Many of the cars seemed to be Oldsmobiles; or were they Packards or Plymouths? Not that it matters, because they all looked alike--"streamlined"--with from two to four headlights projecting from the front. Their drivers also looked alike, perhaps because they all wore grey-beige topcoats and felt hats, perhaps only because none of them smiled. Each one sat in his huge car, staring ahead tightlipped, with his window rolled up as if to say "No solicitors...
...turbodrive" transmission for cars with the big engine, which combines a triple turbine and variable blades (like Buick's Dynaflow) for speedier getaway and better highway mileage. On bodies, Chevy spent some $50 million for a facelift: a new grille; higher, more sharply swept tail fins; a splashier chrome-and-paint treatment for the side panels. The new cars will cost more. Prices will be from $50 to $166 more per car depending on the model...
...opening exhibit the craft museum chose to show a 314-item cross section of new trends, ranging from Potter Peter Voulkos' hefty vase to SculptorWelder Harry Bertoia's rod and slab screen in bronze and chrome. Pointing out that the exhibit will travel, Aileen Osborn Webb said that she does not "think of the museum as a New York activity." By sending shows on tour she hopes to raise standards and open new horizons for creative craftsmen all over...