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FUR NIT UR E 2-2-2-2-2
ROUND SANDER
JIG SAWfactory. The wood is magnolia from East Texas. Most
of the wood used by Davis is Magnolia. First it has
to be cut into various sizes......
then it is smoothed down with a buffing machine.....
then into its final form on a band saw. These pieceswill become the frame for a sofa.
furniture fvr the living room. ADavis makes
nd the demand for cus-
tom-built furniture, he says, is increasing daily. One
of the reasons he thinks is the way houses are built
nowadays. nother is television. He says t.v. causes
families to use their living room more than ever,-wear out furniture faster.
she most durable piece of
furniture in the house ought' to be the family sofa
that's parked in front of the television set. It gets
the most use, according to Davis' t
MAN WOKING ON SPRINGS
They have what they call the "springing up" room at
the Davis firm, where springs are put on frames. Menare doing this while others are preparing the wood
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Furniture], item, October 17, 1957; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc795199/m1/3/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.