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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- January 28, 2001
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Sunday, January 28, 2001
Western design is sum of many influences
If your idea of Western decorating is limited to wagon-wheel
chandeliers and horse-collar mirrors, you might want to make an
armchair visit to the decor of the contemporary West by looking
through "Cowboy Chic: Western Style Comes Home," by Chase Reynolds
Ewald.
Western furnishings and design are products of myriad aesthetic
influences, including that of Native Americans, Spanish-descended
Mexicans, settlers from Scandinavia and railroad workers from Asia.
In addition, Western design also has responded to a range of historic
styles, from fussy Victorian to the lean lines of the Arts and Crafts
movement.
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