'Oasis' Sofa in Mustard Yellow Wool, 1952. Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Wool upholstery.
After years of cultural and economic divides between very formal furniture and home crafted furniture (Shaker for example), and the waste conscious WWII years, people were starting to crave more curves in their homes. Curved sofas were a way to push toward something clean, but less austere.















