The sitting area has a game table, sofa and chairs, telephone and television.

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Out for the visitor to look at (but not to sit on, alas) are Maloof's first sofa and some early chairs flagrantly Danish in inspiration, but lithe and lovely in walnut, maple and the occasional exotic hardwood and the prototype home-office furniture he fashioned for industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss.

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The heroic figures are white doors and windows, and tables, chairs, a piano and a sofa.

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They were waiting for Husna in the living room, all three wearing saris, relaxed, Kamila sitting with her feet curled under her on a sofa, Rehana and Sarwat in high-backed chairs.

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