The popular furniture styles of '56 are often stark contrasts to one another. First, you have the light -blonde- finish of this "ultra-smart big bargain (bedroom) suite."


Or the "brushed antique white on fruitwood" finish of this French Provincial bedroom suite.


On the other side of the proverbial coin would be the dark, -black laquer- finish of Chinese-influenced pieces, such as this chest of drawers.