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Sunday, March 11, 2012

In the store: A little old, a little new, a lot fabulous

For the past couple of months, we've been clearing out all our merchandise at the old location and stocking the new store. My SIL has made some stellar purchases, and Hank Tosh and Rene Martinez deserve a huge round of applause for the incredible restoration work they've done on a steady stream of pieces.

I could talk about all the new things for paragraphs on end, but I think I will let them speak for themselves.

Floor piece from the C. Jeré Birds in Flight series...over six feet tall
Need I say more?

Rare John Keal mahogany magazine table for Brown Saltman

Four beautifully reupholstered Saarinen Executive chairs and a black Tulip table

Grete Jalk sofa and coffee table with Raymor and Jens Quistgaard accessories
with a Gus* Modern Timber table and George Nelson cigar  lamp

Vintage cork and teak lamp on a Drexel Declaration table by Kipp Stewart
teamed with a Gus* Modern Atwood chair

Vintage black and white Fisher stereo with Gus* Modern I-Beam acrylic tables

Newly restored Danish credenza with sculpture by Oklahoma artist David Anderson

Gus* Modern Annex cabinet with vintage art glass bowl

Vintage X-base chrome coffee table with Gus* Modern sofa,
Dino Martens bird and vintage Austrian triangular bowl

Artichoke style lamp

Crystal Starlite lamp

Sheaf of Wheat side table with travertine marble top
 Vintage sofa with pristine original upholstery by the Valentine Seaver division of Kroehler
and a newly restored Drexel Precedent desk by Edward Wormley in the background

Sunday, January 22, 2012

On the road again: Brasiliafest and more

Once more my daughter and SIL loaded up our two little MCM pickers-in-training and headed out on a road trip in search of more great pieces for the store. And what a profitable trip it was!

They mined an unlikely motherlode of Broyhill Brasilia in the small town of Dexter, Missouri, which is a 10-hour drive from Dallas. They came away with a dining table and six chairs, including two armchairs, all with original upholstery and all in pristine condition. They also got a Brasilia buffet, a Brasilia room divider and a Brasilia side table. As if that weren't enough, they scored an American of Martinsville bedroom set, a Kipp Stewart Drexel Declaration side table and a great sofa from the same seller.

While on the road, my SIL an managed to place a winning phone bid at an auction in Oklahoma for another great dining set, which they'll pick up on the way home tomorrow. 

I only have a few photos, which include the predictable estate sale knicknacks and gewgaws, so I'll post more when they get home and everything is in the store and cleaned up...with our knicknacks and gewgaws on them. :)


Brasilia dining table and four side chairs

Plus two of these Brasilia armchairs...all with perfect original upholstery

Brasilia buffet

Brasilia room divider


Right before they left, my SIL picked up these pieces locally. The coffee table is a 70" long Lane beauty with brass trim. The Brutalist wall sculpture is approximately 30" wide and 20" high, not nearly as large as the C. Jere' pieces we have in the store, but perfect for a small space. He also got a great dresser and chest, but it sold immediately.



Lane coffee table with brass accents

Coffee table detail

Coffee table detail

Brutalist wall sculpture

Unmarked dresser and chest that sold before we identified it
Anyone know what it is?

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

More mid-century masochism

Looking at mid-century listings around the country on Craigslist can hurt so good! Here are the lastest luscious items that technology puts right at my fingertips...but geography keeps completely out of my reach.

The Paul Laszlo cocktail table and the turquoise lamp are absolutely killing me.

All photos from craigslist.org

Bertoia for Knoll chairs - Seattle

Brass light fixture - Seattle 

Cork table lamps - Seattle

Drexel Declaration credenza - Los Angeles

DUX lounge chair - Los Angeles

Finn Juhl armchairs - Chicago

Florence Knoll chair - Philadelphia

George Mulhauser for Plycraft - Los Angeles

Grete Jalk sofa - Seattle

Jens Risom swivel chair - Portland

Milo Baughman dresser & night stands - Los Angeles

Paul Laszlo cocktail table - Los Angeles

Paul McCobb Planner headboard - Portland

Pink refrigerator with turquoise interior - Denver

Turquoise lamp - Indianapolis