Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1919 — ART DEVELOPED AS NEEDED [ARTICLE]

ART DEVELOPED AS NEEDED

Makers of Cabinets Fitted Themselves to Demands of Increasingly En- ‘ lightened Cabinet niakiqg, us all arts, began ; with the human needs of people. War ' and the necessity for hastily moving ’ from place to place during the semicivilized periods gave place to the making of homes and the effort to furnish them comfortably—one of .the strongest impulses in nature and the surest sign of civilization. The old chests in which they kept their belongings were at last allowed to remain stationary and were used, as seats. The name of these chests in England was “cabins,”, and the maker of them was called a “Cabinet maker.” soon as might be, the cabinet maker provided the old chests with backs and they became settees, while others were raised on legs and became cabinets, or, being' provided with doors and drawers, became cupboards or “chests of drawers-” Tables and beds were also devised, together with wainscoting for entire walls, and people really began to live. The workmen who made these things were capable of designing and executing an entire- department with Its furniture. Great skill was required, and notables and royalty prided themselves on having some artist-artisan to do their bidding. In the establishment Of these meh'dllfer’enf“ffegrees ofskill were recognized, and the system of apprenticeship obtained. A youth entering one of these studio workshops, having passed all the grades, became a “master.” To attain this degree was to be worthy of the respect of the world.