21.   The appetite for mid-century modern American furniture led, inevitably, to a taste for the clean-lined Scandinavian designs of the same era.

22.   The appetite for midcentury modern American furniture led, inevitably, to a taste for the clean-lined Scandinavian designs of the same era.

23.   The cabinet was the oldest piece of American furniture many observers had ever seen at auction, and it exuded its own sturdy charisma.

24.   The Chipstone Foundation, a collection in Milwaukee that has been a powerful buyer of American furniture in recent years, is now a seller too.

25.   Their passion for American furniture and decorative arts has never wavered over the years.