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https://getpocket.com/explore/...randma-s-weird-couch My uncle may well have had a hand in this ad that was shown in the article:  From my collection of Uncle Al's work. No Corinthian leather, but it is "rich in authentic detailing".  
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Interesting article. I don’t remember much Colonial Revival furniture in the 60’s. A few families had it but most houses were either contemporary or mid century “Mediterranean”. Dark, heavy, synthetic red velvet, indestructible. I also remember maple farmhouse style stuff, always presented on braided oval rugs. One of the strangest pieces of furniture I ever saw was a 7’ maple farmhouse TV/HiFi console perched on spindly turned legs with a wagon wheel design over the speakers.
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Were you living in California at that time, Steve? In Ohio, my parents had a sofa very much like those pictured and so did quite a few of their friends and relatives. The maple colonial style as well as the Mediterranean also showed up with great regularity. Big Al
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My childhood best friend’s parents had that exact sofa set.
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Worse. My friend’s parents had scratchy polyester slipcovers to make a sofa look like that. Urg.
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Yes. My parents moved in their new tract house in September, 1962.
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Mediterranean American style was an abomination.
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Even the hanging lamp that had the lady standing in a cage with drops of oil sliding down the bars all around her?
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