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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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