Arts: Sweeping Reductions

Female modern apartment denizens, as crowded for space as birds in a cage, viewed with delight a new style of furniture brought forth last week by artists at the Art Centre, 56th St., Manhattan. Artists, although all the word knows them to be useless, sometimes have fantastically practical ideas.

At least there seems to be some value in a demonstration in which they exhibited: a three-quarter bed which constricts itself into a slender couch, two chiffoniers which measure eight inches and twenty inches in width, a reading table for the bed with top...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!