Talk:List of furniture designers

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Contents 1 Duplication 2 Categorization anomaly 3 Inclusion criterion 4 Wallace Nutting 5 S. Lloyd Natof

[edit] Duplication

It seems to me that having both this list page and Category:Furniture_designers is undesirable duplication. The category page is reasonably well fitted within the categorization hierarchy, so I suggest that any designers shown only here should have stubs created so that they can be made members of the category, and that this list should then be deleted. Comments? Bill F 23:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categorization anomaly

What's more, I don't see how a List of furniture designers can be a member of the category of Furniture designers. Am I being too fussy? Bill F 23:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with your first point. It would also limit people adding non-noteables to the list if there had to be an article. On your second point, (although it's moot if we delete this article) I believe it's OK to add articles of a descriptive nature to a category if they add to the body of information. For example, an article describing woodworking joints as a topic in the category Woodworking joints. SilentC 00:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inclusion criterion

Anyone considering adding a designer to this list should keep in mind the following from the Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists) guideline:

"Ideally each entry on the list should have a Wikipedia article but this is not required if it is reasonable to expect an article could be forthcoming in the future."

To test the reasonableness of your expectations, you encouraged to create the article on the designer first and then add it to this list. UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wallace Nutting

i can't decide if he belongs here or not. as a cabinetmaker he certainly ranks. and, as such, he certainly had to do final designs for his pieces. but, since his 'thing' was faihful reproduction, well, the designs had no originality. didn't want to. so the question remains.Toyokuni3 (talk) 15:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Wallace Nutting was more of a furniture sentamentalist rather than a furniture designer, but he probably qualifies for this list. That's because he was famous for taking American Pilgrim and Colonial furniture designs and exaggerating them, making them more vigorous and stylish than the originals he copied. So, today, his furniture looks like Pilgrim- and Colonial-period furniture, but even more so. For that reason, he probably qualifies for placement on this list as an original furniture designer. Jack Bethune (talk) 16:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] S. Lloyd Natof

i have added this contemporary chicago designer and cabinetmaker. i have seen his designs, and they are much as you would expect, given that he is the great-grandson of frank lloyd wright. i'm not sure if others will find that suficient notability.Toyokuni3 (talk) 18:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)