Shafin Farko na Kasuwancin zamani
A cikin binciken su na har abada domin tsari, ƙungiya da inganci, mutane sun kirkiro kayan na'ura mai ban sha'awa. A yau, mashawarcin da ke da kyau yana da wayoyi, kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, da ƙwallon ƙafa.
Kusan shekaru 150 da suka wuce, yana da tebur Wooton .
Kamfanin Wooton Desk Company ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan kayan aiki a cikin gida a cikin bayan yakin basasa na Amurka. Tun daga 1870 zuwa 1898, shi da magoya bayansa suka kirkiro takardu a ciki da kusa da Indianapolis; yawan wadata masana'antu da katako na yankuna, tare da kusanci zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa, ya sanya birnin zama cibiyar kasa don samar da kayan aiki.
Cibiyar ta kafa kamfanin William S. Wooton, wanda ya tsara kuma ya ƙyale kayan da ma'aikatansa suka samar.
Wani abu ne da ya faru a bikin Extinnia na Philadelphia na shekara ta 1876, an sayar da kayayyaki na Wooton a matsayin "King of Desks." Ko da yake tsada, sun sayar da kyau: Wakilan Wooton sun haɗa da wasu masu masana'antu da kuma masu kudi na zamani, ciki har da John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould da Yusufu Pulitzer, da kuma daruruwan wasu, da masu banki, masu lauyoyi, da kuma jihohi.
110, Count 'Em, 110 Ƙungiyoyin
Wooton yana da kayan ado biyu masu ban sha'awa. Ɗaya daga cikin "tebur mai launi," wani tebur mai layi tare da sassan sassa. Amma wanda ya sanya sunan kamfani ya kasance mai tsayi, mai saurin tsari - bisa hukuma, "Sakatariyar Sakataren Wakilin Wakilin Wooton." Wannan abu ne mai yawa, wanda yake da girman daga hudu zuwa biyar feet (dangane da samfurin). An fitar da ita daga waje ne daga itacen bishiya mai baƙar fata, 'yar ƙasa zuwa Indiana, tare da kullun goge da goga wanda aka yi da fatar zinari.
An yi dasu daga wasu bishiyoyi, ciki harda Pine, Maple da satinwood, a cikin launi mai haske dabam dabam. Kayan tagulla da tagulla - wanda ya yi shelar sunan Wooton da kwanakin kwanta - ya yi wa ƙofofi ado.
Kowane teburin ya ƙunshi sassa uku - babban sashi, tare da takarda mai layi, da kuma ƙofofi guda biyu da suka fadi a kan takalma na tagulla.
Lokacin da aka rufe wadannan bangarori, sakataren ya kulle, kamar lafiya. Ƙofar hagu yana dauke da akwatin wasikun taga ta gilashi, ramukan cubby da ɗakunan masu girma dabam dabam; gefen dama, jerin ramuka tattare tare da masu zanen kwalliya. Tebur yana da ƙananan matsala 110.
Wani Mashahurin Musamman-Ƙaddamar Mataki
Kwararrun sun zo ne a cikin maki huɗu - Na al'ada, Standard, Ƙari da Ƙari - da uku. An sanya nau'o'in sassa daban-daban na na'ura, koda yake an kammala zane-zane da zane-zanen kayan ado - wanda ya kara fadadawa tare da kowane sa - an yi ta hannun. A cikin matsayi mafi girma, amfani da haske da duhu bishiyoyi haka masoyi ga zukatan Victorian sau da yawa fiye da furci, ma.
Duk da yake yana da banbanci, ɗakin Wooton shine samfurin kayan na'ura. A cikin kowane samfurin, zane, kayan ado, da adadi da tsari na ƙungiyoyi daban-daban sun kasance cikakke, ko da yake abokan ciniki zasu iya zaɓar tsarin zane a cikin nau'i daban-daban. Baya ga wannan, kamfanin ya ki ƙaddamar da samfurori, ya ce ya yi "gaggawa a cikin fitar da kayanmu" don karɓar buƙatun buƙatun, bayanin kula Betty Lawson Walters a King of Desks: Sakatariyar Patent na Wooton . Duk da haka, yana iya sanya wa] annan takardun wa] annan abokan ciniki kamar Shugaba Ulysses S.
Grant ko Sarauniya Victoria.
Canje-canje a Yanayin
Abubuwan saƙa na Wooton da aka yi a cikin shekarun 1870 sun nuna salon juyin juya hali na Renaissance , tare da siffar siffofi da yawa da kuma kayan ado. Amma a kusa da shekara ta 1880, kamfanin ya canza alamominsa, bisa ga ka'idodin shahararren marubuta da mai gabatarwa mai suna Charles Eastlake : sauƙi, madaidaiciyar hanya, rashin ƙarancin kayan ado da "gaskiya". A sakamakon haka, marubuta daga shekarun 1880 sun fi bayyane fiye da wadanda suka riga su. Harsunan gallery a kan tebur sun kasance madaidaiciya madaidaiciya, ba maƙalar baƙi. Ƙungiyoyi a gaba da gefen kofofin sun kasance ɗaki da kuma square, ba a tashe su ba. Har ila yau, an yi amfani da aikin katako. Babu alamar da aka zana a cikin bangarori; Sai kawai albarkatu na itace da aka yi musu ado.
Sauƙaƙe ko a'a, masu sakataren ba su da wuya Spartan. "Tebur na Wooton misali ne na tunanin Victorian a cikin aiki - rikitarwa, mai girma, cike da ramuka," in ji Jeffrey Hogrefe a cikin wani labari na Contemporary 1983, "Rundunar Sarauta." Amma zane-zane mai banƙyama ba ya zamo ba kawai daga ƙa'idar da aka yi ba, amma daga ƙaddamar da tsararru na ɗakunan da kansu - iri-iri da ajiyar wuri da suke da dalili.
Wurin Wooton ya ba da damar yin amfani da shi, wanda har yanzu bai kasance ba a cikin ofisoshin ma'aikata , in ji Walters. Ba a ƙone wani fili na sararin samaniya ba: ko da maɗaukakin ɗakin gallery ya ɗaga sama don bayyana matakan biyu na shelves. Dangane da kwarewa da inganci, tebur ya yi kira ba kawai ga ainihin bukatun masana'antu na Victorian ba, amma ga abubuwan da ba a iya fahimta ba a cikin tsari, mai kyau da kuma kyakkyawan duniya. A hakikanin gaskiya, wani kusan yana da nauyin halayyar kirkira: "Tare da wannan zane babu cikakken uzuri ga dabi'un lalata," kamar yadda aka yi shela a 1884.
Farashin, To, Yanzu
Kamfanin kamfanin William Wooton ne ya kirkiro Babban Sakataren Ofishin Jakadancin daga 1874-1884. Bayan haka, Wooton ya yi ritaya ya zama babban limamin Kirista. Har ila yau, har zuwa 1898, kamfanoni na Wooton sun ci gaba da samar da su tare da sunayensu daban-daban har zuwa shekara ta 1898, amma waɗannan daga cikin shekarun da suka gabata ne ake bukata.
Bayan haka, abubuwan da aka sanya sun hada da farashi daga $ 90 zuwa $ 750 - kusan daidai da $ 1,531 zuwa $ 12,765 a cikin karni na 21. Masu sayarwa na zamanin da a halin yanzu suna biyan kuɗin daga $ 25,000 zuwa $ 250,000 don shagon, kodayake an saya wasu don adadin huɗu a adadi don haka alamar kasuwanci ta zo.
Almajiran Charles Eastlake da Kungiyar Yammacin Yamma sun yi imanin cewa kayan kayan mutum sun nuna halin mutum. Sakatare na Wooton ya nuna ainihin hoton wanda ya mallaki shi: wanda amma kyaftin din masana'antu ya cancanci "King of Desks?" Tall da majestic, babban katse-gine da aka yi a kasuwannin duniya - dacewa ga al'ummomin Victorian da ke bauta wa gagarumar nasara.