Word: fiddleback
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...dark, roughtextured pottery of Karen Karnes is a reminder of why crafts appealed so deeply and directly in the antitech 1960s. An outsize salad bowl, meticulously turned from a single chunk of California black walnut by Bob Stocksdale, is notable for its revelation of the wood's grain. A fiddleback, hard-rock-maple- and-ebony rocking chair, a fortunate meeting of Copenhagen and Big Sur by California Master Craftsman Sam Maloof, invites the viewer to experience the best of contemporary artifacts while sitting down in comfort. Maloof, 70, bristles at new developments. Younger artisans, he said during a pre-opening...
...their coming the Glasgow Sunday Mail treated its readers to an intimate, not particularly respectful description of the royal train. Said the Mail: "Not even Hollywood stars or Argentine millionaires own more luxurious railroad saloons. The King's smoking compartment [is fitted] with apple green leather and fiddleback mahogany, while the Queen's boudoir saloon has paler green silk upholstery and Jacobean oak furniture. Her sleeping compartment is decorated in blue and there is a pink marble bathroom adjoining." ¶ Not to be outdone by the railroads, Scottish bus companies began uniforming their conductors in kilts and blazers...
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