In the store: Case goods, tables and chairs

To make up for skipping Thursday's post, here's a little eye candy for your weekend. These are new inventory items at the store. If you haven't visited our website for a while, we'd love for you to drop by, because we've given it a brand new look.

72" Danish credenza with curved front

76" Danish teak credenza

Paul McCobb Planner Group storage unit

Brass and onyx biomorphic table in the style of Aldo Tura

94" Danish dropleaf dining table

Set of six chairs by Poul Cadovius

Tobia Scarpa Andre chrome and glass coffee table

In the store: Bird chair, Danish dining and lots of chrome

It frequently seems that we get an influx of several great new pieces at one time. The latest includes a newly powdercoated Bird Chair by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, a long Danish dining table with a set of chairs by Poul Cadovius, another Tobia Scarpa chrome plated steel and glass coffee table and a chrome chandelier.

We're having a charcoal colored pad made for the Bird Chair, so you'll be seeing it in its new duds soon. The Danish table is an impressive 94" dropleaf number that's a real stunner, and the Cadovius chairs speak for themselves.  In the past, we've sold an identical Scarpa coffee table, as well as the dining table from the same line, so we expect to sell this table easily. The chrome chandelier is very simple in design, but it packs a lot of glam.

Enjoy this look at our latest inventory additions.

Bird Chair by Harry Bertoia for Knoll

Danish dropleaf table and set of chairs by Poul Cadovius

Coffee table by Tobia Scarpa

Chrome chandelier (with a little peek at my SIL in the reflection)

In the store: Baker, Baughman and more

This past week saw a lot of inventory leave the store and a lot more come in. Some auction items arrived, and we made a trip out of state to pick up several more things, so we have a nice assortment of new pieces just in time for the weekend.

My SIL can't stop talking about the gigantic arc lamp that is almost 8 feet tall. He's totally nuts about the thing. Not only does the center bulb light up, but there are smaller bulbs inside the globe which illuminate it. I have to admit, without question, that it's one of the most dramatic pieces we've ever had!

Arc lamp

We have several new chairs: an off-white Milo Baughman swivel chair and a pair that the auction company described as "Jens Risom style," so that's what we're calling them till we can figure out who made them. Marked or not, they are obviously something special. We also picked up a super pair of Danish armchairs with beautiful green cushions, which I have to put new foam in today. I'll add photos as soon as I finish.

Milo Baughman chair

Jens Risom style chairs

We sold the massive Tobia Scarpa dining table yesterday, but we picked up its little brother...a Scarpa coffee table...the night before, so we won't mind saying goodbye quite as much.

Chrome coffee table by Tobia Scarpa

And speaking of coffee tables, if wood is more to your liking, we also just put a beautiful Danish coffee table on the floor.

Danish coffee table

That's not all. There are more beautiful wood pieces: a long Danish style credenza and a superb buffet/credenza by Baker that is finished on both sides. What quality!

Danish style credenza

Buffet/credenza by Baker

Again, my SIL has outdone himself. He just keeps on finding beautiful furniture, and I'm sure there's something for every taste.

In the store, Part 1: Good design

The Bertha Schaefer sofa, the Baumritter chairs, the Broyhill Saga and Barney Flagg Town and Country Flair bedroom suites and the Hansen credenza all sold within a few days of each other, leaving the floor empty, so my SIL brought a few things over from the warehouse and set about doing some serious buying.

He won a Peter Proztman desk and chair at auction. Designed for Herman Miller in the early 60s, these pieces are still in pristine condition. The chair is upholstered in a beige and white check, and the desk is exotic African wood with two pencil drawers and a smoked Lucite-sided file drawer.

On a trip out of state, he got a gorgeous Danish table and six chairs by Hornslet Mobelfabrik. The table has sliding leaves and extends to 106" in length. This is probably the nicest Danish dining set we've had in the store so far.

He met a local architect who sold him a chrome and glass André dining table, which was designed by Tobia Scarpa. The interesting thing about this table is that it comes with a smoked glass top, as well as a clear glass top.

The same person sold him 8 Cesca armchairs by Marcel Breuer. These are in amazingly good condition, without any damage at all to the caning, and he's selling them at an unbelievably low price. I predict that these will be scooped up quickly.

Chrome and African wood Herman Miller desk by Peter Protzman

Close-up of African wood grain

Herman Miller chair by Peter Protzman

Danish dining set in teak by Hornslet Mobelfabrik

André dining table by Tobia Scarpa

Cesca chairs by Marcel Breuer and André table by Tobia Scarpa 

Tobia Scarpa

Tobia Scarpa (1935- ), the son of architect Carlo Scarpa, was born in Venice, Italy, and educated at the Instituto Universitario di Architettura there. He has designed for nearly every major international furniture company, including Flos, Cassina, Knoll and B&B Italia.

In the late 1950s, he and his wife Afra began their careers working with the Venini glassworks. In 1960 they opened their own design office. One of their first designs was Chair Model 917 for Cassina. Their Bastiano line was designed for Gavina and later reissued by Knoll. Knoll also sold his André table. In 1966 Scarpa designed the extremely successful Coronado series of armchairs for B&B Italia. In 1968 he and his wife designed the Ciprea armchair, which, along with the 1970 Soriana armchair, were included in the 1972 MoMA Domestic Landscape show.

Scarpa and Pier Castiglioni designed the first products for Flos, the lighting company started by Dino Gavina. His Papillona lamp for Flos, which he designed in 1973, was one of the first to use halogen technology.

With his wife, he later worked in commercial architecture and interior design. Scarpa has been a lecturer at the School of Industrial Design in Venice.

My SIL just picked up an André dining table for the store, and I'll be posting photos soon.

From r20thcentury.com and knoll.com

Bowl
italian-glass.net

Occhi glass chandelier
artnet.com

Cocoon fixture
1stdibs.com

Bastiano loveseat for Gavina
galerie3107.com

Chair Model 925 for Cassina
moma.org

 André coffee table for Knoll
architonic.com

Lacquered sideboard for Meritalia
archiexpo.com

Ciprea chairs for Cassina
architonic.com