[HN Gopher] Wharton Esherick and the Armstrong Linoleum Company
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Wharton Esherick and the Armstrong Linoleum Company
Author : thomasjb
Score : 21 points
Date : 2025-06-10 13:31 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (whartonesherickmuseum.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (whartonesherickmuseum.org)
| dfxm12 wrote:
| If you're in the Philadelphia area, I highly suggest checking out
| the Wharton Esherick museum. The PMA has an impressive Esherick
| fireplace [0], too (among a lot of other impressive art!). If
| you're interested in beautiful, hand crafted furnishings, you can
| also hit up the Nakashima workshop and Bertoia studio as well.
|
| Anyway, the story about the woman looking for the stool in the ad
| reminds me of a similar issue my mom had with an ad. She was
| given an ad for Wayfair featuring a particular end table. She
| clicked on it expecting to go right to the product page for that
| end table. However, it just went straight to the home page and
| after both of looked, that end table appeared to simply not be
| for sale by Wayfair. They lost a customer that day.
|
| I'm also frustrated when a rug or lighting company sends me an ad
| where they have all this beautiful furniture in the ad (that they
| don't sell) and, after clicking through, I realize their products
| were what seemed like the set dressing of the ad. I guess I get
| that if your products aren't good enough, put them next to
| something nice in an ad, but it doesn't put me in the mood to buy
| anything.
|
| 0 - https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/84555
| jihadjihad wrote:
| From the "Armstrong spread in Ladies Home Journal" copy in TFA:
|
| > Below the hefty, vinyl wear surface is a foamed vinyl backing
| called Cushioncord. Because this backing "gives" under pressure,
| Cushioned Coronelle is quieter, warmer, and more comfortable to
| walk on.
|
| The description and the photo instantly took me back to my
| grandmother's kitchen, that little bit of squish as you head to
| the fridge.
| ofalkaed wrote:
| The staircase in his studio is impressive[0], completely changed
| how I looked at wood and wood working. Love that little chair
| under it, for years I have tried to design a chair based on its
| basic structure but have never managed to come up with anything I
| am happy with. He played with that structure a fair amount but
| the others always looked off to me.
|
| [0]https://whartonesherickmuseum.org/wp-
| content/uploads/2020/04...
| aaronax wrote:
| Perhaps it is stashed in a location where it can't be used
| because it is ergonomically terrible? (Appears so to me at
| least.) And for the same reason you have not been able to come
| up with a satisfactory variation.
|
| * Leg corners extending above the seat are suspect
|
| * Narrowing back is the opposite of how most chairs get wider
| towards the top, where you actually need the support.
|
| * Back appears to angle back too much.
|
| * Reclining is going to generate shear force on the T joint at
| the bottom of the back sticks...not optimal. Also you are going
| to get some crazy forces on the mid-joint of the back sticks.
|
| I conclude: it is just for looking at.
| ofalkaed wrote:
| Chair backs serve purposes other than reclining against and
| many are designed with their primary purpose to be something
| other than reclining. Dining chairs are a good example and
| historically we see a great many classic designs which are
| very uncomfortable if you recline into the back; backs on
| dining chairs were often intended as a handle to make it
| easier to pull out and push back in from the table and you
| are supposed to sit on them more as you would a stool.
|
| It is actually a fairly comfortable chair, I built a quick
| copy years ago just so I could see it in person and get a
| better feel for the design. Even when made out of scrap low
| grade pine it held up quite well and was my desk chair until
| the canvas I used for the seat started to sag too much and
| did not seem worth replacing since that cheap pine was
| eventually going to fail. The stresses in the chair are well
| thought out and will be long lasting if made from a suitable
| wood.
|
| Not sure why you think the chair can not be used in that
| location, looks like a great place to stop for a think.
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