  Many
beautiful, high-quality home furnishings are made with copper and
copper alloys.
Brass beds, avant garde coffee tables, dining tables, chairs frames,
benches, tea carts, breakfront surfaces, lamps, lighting fixtures,
picture frames, cabinets, mirrors, fireplace equipment, coat trees,
plant stands, premium kitchenware, and sculptures—all of these
products and others are made with copper.
Perhaps the brass bed is one of the most visible home furnishing products
made with copper. Brass beds account for hundreds of millions of dollars
in sales and the consumption of tens of millions of pounds of brass
each year. Brass beds add warmth and beauty to the bedroom and can
actually increase in value over time. The attraction of being both
an heirloom that can be passed on to generations and an investment
has enormous appeal to consumers.
The market for residential brass furniture increased with the introduction
of high-strength, highly weldable bronze alloys. These alloys enabled
manufacturers to bend, stamp, and spin copper alloys into superior
quality home furnishing products. |
