By
Kelly Kim on May 28th, 2009
There was a time when naked human hands made furniture feasible. This went on for many years when craftsmen used their individual creativity and skills making those fervent, intricate designs known to furniture of that era. Each piece was never precisely similar any other and that added to the mystique that came with each finished masterpiece. By the 1800’s, however, factories went into mass production of furniture and allowed huge savings for manufacturers since it only took simple machines to do the job and a few human positions. As a result, prices went down, much to the delight of the buying public. But they found out later that the quality had gone down as well. This almost certainly explains why hand-crafted pieces made from solid wood and natural fabrics now are seldom produced and often expensive.