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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Counterpoint

I was looking online at John Van Koert designs and stumbled upon an 80-piece mahogany and cherry furniture collection he designed for Drexel called Counterpoint, which I'd never seen before.


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A little research turned up a 1956 Drexel ad for the line, so apparently it predates his Profile line for the same company.




I was completely smitten by this small dresser/chest when I found it on eBay.


Drexel Counterpoint chest
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...but not so much by this one, which seems a bit too traditional. If Van Koert had added the wing-like extensions to the large dresser, I would have loved it too.


Drexel Counterpoint dresser
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I was surprised to see that Van Koert made only a few changes to the Counterpoint dining table and chairs and called it Profile in a later incarnation.


Drexel Counterpoint dining set
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See how similar it is to the later Profile dining set? He did refine the design somewhat and make the dowels in the seat back much smaller.


My Drexel Profile dining set


Personally, I prefer the pulls on the Profile set. Their shape seems more modern and has more visual appeal to me.


Brass Counterpoint pulls
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Silver Profile pulls
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One final interesting find was a photo of a Counterpoint dresser in white, with an acid washed mirrored top. Although I know that Van Koert sometimes used interesting materials for the tops of his pieces, I thought at first that this might be a custom finish, but I eventually found another example from a different seller.


Drexel Counterpoint dresser in white lacquer with acid wash top
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Close-up of acid washed top
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