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Showing posts with label Faarup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faarup. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

In the store: Jalk, Brasilia and more

Since we're in transition and have furniture in the old location as well as the new one, we're having a hard time taking photos of everything. It seems that no matter where we are, the camera is always at the other place...or the battery is dead.

Here, at last, is the Broyhill Brasilia dining set, illuminated by a great lamp my SIL found at a recent estate sale.

Broyhill Brasilia dining set, with original upholstery

At the same estate sale, he found a beautiful Grete Jalk sofa that I've already shown you,  but I'm only just now getting photos of the Grete Jalk coffee table he got at the same sale. Both pieces were manufactured by Glostrup.

Grete Jalk coffee table for Glostrup

He also found a Sven Aage Larsen credenza, which was manufactured by Faarup Møbelfabrik. It has amazing doors and lots of drawers.

Credenza by Sven Aage Larsen for Faarup
Larsen credenza, open

An unexpected find was this cute little rolling teak bar with leather trim. I love how it looks when open.

Bar, exterior and interior
Photos to come of the Brasilia side table, the Kipp Stewart side table and the Nakashima style table.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Up and coming

We opened the doors of our store last March in an 1100 square foot location...with my daughter, SIL and two grandsons living in an apartment taking up the back 600 square feet. Right after Thanksgiving, they moved to a large loft much better suited to raising active little boys, and the wall dividing the two spaces came down.

However, my SIL saw an opportunity to expand further in a more highly trafficked area, so the move is on. Here is a peek at our new digs as he is getting it ready. (For those of you in the area, it's the old Century Modern space. Watch for our name to go up soon!) Stay tuned for photos of the finished store.


For the moment, as you can see, we have furniture at both places, as it makes no sense to unload new things at our current location and then have to move them in a few days. And somehow, in between painting and running the store, my SIL is still finding time to keep buying new things! He just called to recite a list of today's estate sale booty, which includes this beautiful turquoise sofa manufactured by Glostrup and designed by Grete Jalk. At the same sale, he found a Grete Jalk coffee table by Glostrup, a Sven Aage Larsen credenza by Faarup, a Nakashima-style side table and a rolling bar. Photos of those will be coming soon.

Grete Jalk sofa by Glostrup Møbelfabrik

In the meantime, here are some better photos of a couple of the Broyhill Brasilia pieces and the American of Martinsville bedroom set from the last buying trip out of state.

Broyhill Brasilia room divider sans estate sale knicknacks 
Broyhill Brasilia buffet
American of Martinsville bedroom set

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Ib Kofod-Larsen

Ib Kofod-Larsen (1921-2003) was a Danish designer and architect. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.

His storage units and chairs were popular in the 1950s and 1960s in Denmark where he designed for Selig and Faarup and in England, where he designed for G-Plan.

In the 1960s he also designed a line of furniture specifically for the Swedish market, but it had no commercial success, possibly because it was too minimalist for the Swedes.

His furniture, often in rosewood or palisander, is finally becoming recognized and appreciated in the United States. His organic designs of sideboards and chairs, usually with spindly legs and generous, comfortable seats, are fetching high prices these days among collectors of mid-century furniture.

From stylepark.com, matzform.com and deconet.com



Elizabeth chair and ottoman
liveauctioneers.com

Hoop chair for Selig
mid2mod.com

Daybed
deconet.com
Teak and leather lounge chair
deconet.com

Credenza for Faarup
mid2mod.com

Sofa
deconet.com

Rosewood sideboard
scandinavianmod.com

Shell Easy Chair
mid2mod.com

Armchair and ottoman
danishmodernia.com