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(Left To Right) Raw & natural beauty of the timbre, Wire-meshed glass, Velvet-lined drawers, Rivet-studded edges & Turnbuckle stretchers
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Industrial “Industry” summons more charming thoughts today than that of manufacturing smokestacks in obscure lands. For all its symbolic meaning or not, it has evolved into a reference of style. Those who have a taste for the industrial look are set to be enraptured by Picket & Rail’s new staid and ravishing Chicago collection. The industrial revolution was a period that saw remarkable changes in manufacturing, transportation, mining, agriculture and technology, all of which had profound effects on the cultural and socioeconomic conditions of the times. We live in its consequence today and Chicago pays tribute. Chicago is industrial by character, not merely by aesthetic. Its material, form and engineering reek of heavy duty strength. Every feature celebrates the power of mechanism and contraption, reinforcing the collection’s industrial character. A formidable union of rugged gunmetal and American poplar that retains all the glory of its timber’s raw, natural scars, Chicago is impure, swarthy beauty come alive.
All Chicago wood surfaces are protected and pampered with a layer of wax to create a scratch-resistant, mild gloss surface that lightly touches the wood with a classy glaze, without hindering its rough-hewn aesthetic. Light lacquering exhibits the raw, natural beauty of the timbre.
1 Drawer Square Center Table
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3 Drawer 2 Door Side Board (Top) | 1 Drawer Center Table (Bottom)
3 Drawer Open Curio Tower (Left) | 1 Drawer 2 Door TV Entertainment Unit (Center) | 2 Drawer 1 Door Low Curio Tower (Right)
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One Door Wine Cart
Wired glass is made through the process of rolling wire mesh between ribbons of molten glass during production. Traditionally used as a partial safety glass, the wire mesh retains glass bits and shards in breakages and duals as a fire and smoke retardant in a similar sense. It also prevents shattering in high temperatures. Chicago’s cabinet doors are fitted with this antique, rugged, hardy material.
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Dining Table, Dining Chair
A turnbuckle is a tensioning device that controls the strain distribution in rope, cables and tie-rods, ensuring the optimum balance of constriction. Chicago applies the fascinating technology, functioning as adept stretchers for its tables, whilst paying tribute to the contraption that made aircraft wing tensioning, ship rigging and boxing rings possible.
6 Drawer Chest (Left) | 2 Drawer Queen Bed (Center) | 1 Drawer Bedside Table (Right)
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All of Chicago’s wood is treated with anti-fungal chemical added at the color-base, ensuring fungus free furniture, a common problem in our local climate. Chicago gunmetal is color-matched and painted for anti-rust assurance.
Rivets are permanent mechanical fasteners created to endure sheer tension and load. It is no wonder this application has long reinforced monumental structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Harbor Bridge and the planes that fly thousands across the oceans daily. The studded Chicago celebrates the power of the rivet.
1 Drawer Bedside Table
6 Drawer Dressing Table
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Queen Bed Storage Space
Complementing Chicago’s fascinating, rough handsomeness, all drawers are graced with a touch of swank—lined with voguish black velvet, an unexpected, clashingly perfect complement that denies contradiction by reason of style. Be surprised by what Chicago has to offer inside and out.
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American Poplar Each wood has its own character. The single-most characteristic feature of the American Poplar is its advantage of growing tremendously big, tremendously fast, making it one of the most environmentally-friendly timbres to be used for manufacturing furniture and other wood products. Almost all poplars have the tendency to readily take root from cuttings or simply branches that have broken off and lie on the ground. They grow widely in North America, particularly in the virgin cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, growing up to more than 50m in height, often with no branches until it reaches 25-30m, making it a very valuable timber tree! Moreover, it is one of the fastest-growing trees not plagued with problems of weak wood strength or short lifespan, as is suffered by most fast-growing trees species. Many poplars are grown as ornamental trees, for its simple natural beauty and erect branching. Still others are used for the production of furniture because of the exceptional qualities of its timber. Poplar wood has a pale yellowish to olive green bark, a medium to fine texture and is straight grained. It has tendencies to darken on exposure to light and turns mildly browner. For this reason, Poplar is known to age very well. The Poplar timber is also prized for its versatility—ease of machining, planning, turning, gluing and boring. It also takes and holds paint, enamel and stain excellently. Even more interestingly, the ravishing American Poplar has though history been used as an astringent, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory substance. It is effective in treating intermittent fevers, chronic diarrhea, rheumatoid arthritis and urinary affections. It also has a fragrant aroma.
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