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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 109485, member: 44"]Thanks for the info, Fig!</p><p><br /></p><p>How times have changed! Back in the 50s and 60s furniture known to have been made in Grand Rapids was considered hmmmmmm... for the lack of a better word cheap, bordering on tacky. If furniture was considered, say, non-style for that day and time it was called "Grand Rapids." Think of the **style** of furniture that ruled quite a bit of North America at that time, Early American. Today, the 1950s Early American **style** furniture is at best considered ho-hum, boring, while today that mid-century Grand Rapid's furniture is desired! An example of how "the worm has turned."</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I never knew why Shakespeare used worm in that phrase. Just looked it up - interesting:</p><p><a href="http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/wormturns.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/wormturns.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/wormturns.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 109485, member: 44"]Thanks for the info, Fig! How times have changed! Back in the 50s and 60s furniture known to have been made in Grand Rapids was considered hmmmmmm... for the lack of a better word cheap, bordering on tacky. If furniture was considered, say, non-style for that day and time it was called "Grand Rapids." Think of the **style** of furniture that ruled quite a bit of North America at that time, Early American. Today, the 1950s Early American **style** furniture is at best considered ho-hum, boring, while today that mid-century Grand Rapid's furniture is desired! An example of how "the worm has turned." BTW, I never knew why Shakespeare used worm in that phrase. Just looked it up - interesting: [URL]http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/wormturns.html[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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