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...committee's first skeleton-simple, material-&-labor-saving Utility Furniture was on sale: 45 designs of 17 essential pieces. Wood was used only for legs, struts and supports. Metal was allowed only for bedsprings. All flat surfaces were made of a compressed wood fiber ⅛ inch thick called hardboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Utility Furniture | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

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