see how chrome can be used in lamp design

Product
http://www.nextag.com/Polka-Tall-Table-Lamp-76631359/prices-html
This is an interesting lamp and the base has a chrome finish:
this is a citation/quote directly from the site

Features: ' Each Polka lamp has a double white polycotton shades that rest on top of a round open pedestal base with chrome finish ' Shades each hav 15 round cut-outs ' Line switch ' 60 watt Dimensions: 19.5" height, 8" base Inner shade: 12" height,

chrome

chrome is an important material for products and in this link to a padded leather office chair, see the chrome frame; but this is a typical office chair but you can see how the chrome frame with its dimensions and shape can be designed in such a way as to re-create the leather padded office chair; i am not sure if you can use images from websites and that is why i use links; chrome and leather are certainly popular interior design materials but how do you use them. Look at the office chair to see a kind of typical use for chrome and leather.



http://www.bizchair.com/8605-os.html

the use of dimensions is an interesting product detail and i cite below

Back Size: 24''W x 24''H x 4.5''T
Seat Size: 22''W x 20''D x 4.75''T
Overall Dimensions: 39.25''H x 26.25''W x 31.5''D
Seat Width: 22''
Weight: 44lbs

product development, cheval mirror

Where is the 'control' in a piece of furniture such as a cheval mirror. There should be control but one of the main elements in many cheval mirrors is that the mirror is 'in' a surrounding body which is a type of frame; it is hinged on this frame ; there is tightness , relative tightness and stability ; it can't fall out of this frame; it is 'hinged' in this frame. WIthin the frame, it is able to be controlled and it is possible to control the cheval mirror manually ; there isn't that much control ; anyway how much control does one want from a mirror; how much adjustability does one want ' doesn't one want just for the mirror to 'mirror' a subject/object. Thus for a modern type of cheval mirror i.e. a cheval mirror not necessarily made of wood, then one can create a new frame for the cheval mirror? A new type of frame that the cheval mirror is hinged in? I hope to put some sketches on this idea.

cheval mirror

http://www.productdesignforums.com/index.php?showtopic=7524

bases/stands for mirror

cheval mirror notes

The cheval mirror is adjustable and many times it is not placed on a firm base/stand but placed on a bar above the base in a kind of frame and thus it is adjusted within this frame. There is no rotation of the mirror but a kind of tilting. Maybe a kind of mirror that rotates based on the cheval mirror is possible. (I hope to put these notes on a blog)

I also have some simple jpegs of bases for a cheval mirror and the mirror itself. The reference to a frame above is not to a wooden frame or steel but a theoretical frame that the mirror is attached to i.e. where the hinges are. I was thinking myself of a cheval mirror standing on a base and which can be loosened in such a way from a hinge or control at the side. Thus the typical 'frame' that a cheval mirror tilts on is gone. But maybe it is still possible to keep the usual 'frame' for a cheval mirror.

jpegs to the side- these are simple images,
also some images of the base/stand to be posed in the next blog

Mirrors

Maybe you prefer cheval mirrors ; but Cheval mirrors may not be suitable for all types of rooms and spaces and is a cheval mirror the mirror that you want? Maybe you prefer a mirror on a wall ; a cheval mirror is an object on its own..and it has that effect..the way it stands there in its own space.