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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Mine | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Pegboard Modern | General discussion | |
| Mine You and alexandersforum are correct. There are different generations and different manufacturers of the grasshopper lamp and I believe yours is authentic. Here is a detail of the pair you linked to. The neck/ head transition is the same as yours. There are a number of details that vary among the different generations and makers of the grasshopper lamp. I have seen many of these in person, inspected them closely, compared and contrasted them and I've yet to sort it all out. I would be interested in seeing more detailed shots of your lamp. Besides the neck/ head juncture, I'd be curious to see the head (number and placement of holes) the feet (with a measurement of the diameter) and overall measurements. The one thing I do know is that the knock-offs or copies have very significant differences in the design and construction and after looking at many of these I can tell you that they are pretty easy to spot. | |||||
| Noah | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Pegboard Modern | General discussion | |
| Noah You and alexandersforum are correct. There are different generations and different manufacturers of the grasshopper lamp and I believe yours is authentic. Here is a detail of the pair you linked to. The neck/ head transition is the same as yours. There are a number of details that vary among the different generations and makers of the grasshopper lamp. I have seen many of these in person, inspected them closely, compared and contrasted them and I've yet to sort it all out. I would be interested in seeing more detailed shots of your lamp. Besides the neck/ head juncture, I'd be curious to see the head (number and placement of holes) the feet (with a measurement of the diameter) and overall measurements. The one thing I do know is that the knock-offs or copies have very significant differences in the design and construction and after looking at many of these I can tell you that they are pretty easy to spot. | |||||
| RE: Danish upholstered chair with teak base | 1 Relevance | 6 years ago | mark737 | Identification | |
| No problem. I know everyone hates on 1stDibs but that is how I ID'd your chair. The best thing about their site is how you can put in many search parameters, such as period, country or region, materials, keywords, etc. I searched under "lounge chairs", "mid 20th century" period, origin of "Scandinavia", and a keyword of "teak", which returned 612 results. So just had to look through six pages of 120 chairs to find this one on page 5. Attachment: Berg2.jpeg | |||||
| When Mister Panda isn't sitting in mine | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| When Mister Panda isn't sitting in mine it lives next to the hi-fi and holds CDs that are waiting to be put back in the racks. It's not great for that job, but it's better than my previous solution, which just involved stacking CDs on every available flat surface. I tried using the Catch-All at the front door to hold keys and mail. Too low; HM's Nelson Tray Table works a lot better. Also tried using it to hold magazines for reading (as opposed to magazines for display only), but it's really inefficient for that function. The curved basket takes a lot of room, but magazines just slide into the center of it, leaving the outer circumference unused and wasted. LTRs or other side tables work WAY better. I have to agree with Brent, WHC, and Jesgord: The thing is pretty, but it's not really ideal for much except decoratively displaying a few magazines. | |||||
| Possibly related problem | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Monochrome | General discussion | |
| Possibly related problem Recently found a charmingly el cheapo MCM desk lamp with a bullet-shaped, spun-aluminum shade. "Brass-tone" finish was in lovely condition, except for a tiny mark that looked like felt-tip pen. Applied my universal felt-tip-pen-mark remover (rubbing alcohol) and discovered -- horrors! -- what I'd have thought was some kind of durable anodized color was instead a yellowish, alcohol-soluble varnish-like coating. Now looking at a big, unsightly silver streak in an obvious position. Feh. Any remedies, to suggest, anyone, short of stripping the whole thing? Oh, in any case, good luck, Killian. I feel your pain. | |||||
| Moderate | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Moderate I'm going to (attempt) to bridge the middle here and say that I do not completely eschew television, nor do I worship the damn thing. I don't watch any reality TV other than Antiques Roadshow, nor do I plod through PBS' MasterPiece Classics. My screen size is 23" - not small enough to be considered discreet, not large enough to be considered overscaled. The 2 lounge chairs, sofa, and two side chairs are arranged in such a way as to facilitate both conversation AND viewing since we entertain guests in both formal and casual settings. (The Eames' swivel allows both conversation and tv watching) And finally the livingroom, diningroom and guest room all feature a comfortable sitting chair with a lamp and close proximity to bookshelves should Heath ever visit. | |||||
| Aliases | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Aliases Interesting, My saying Koen wasn't quite 'co-hen', but still more of a two syllable sound that 'coon'. I learned something today. As for aliases, yes, Olive is mine. Chosen for my love of the color and my preference for martinis. My name is actually a very clear and, I think pronouncable one, without any strong ethnic flavor. Yet somehow it gets ruined on a regular basis. My husband's name, which I didn't take, clearly shows his Slavic/Russe heritage. Lots of consonants used in an unfamiliar way. He puts up with all kinds of mangling of his name. Personally, I think that your name is the one thing besides your face that it yours. You may share it with others, but you deserve to have it said correctly. So I shall practice saying 'Koen'. As for Stephen....I've never figured out how that gets turned into Steven. Nor have I understood how someone can see Stefan and say Steve. Don't get me started on Genevieve, what a lovely name, rarely pronounced correctly. | |||||
| Helpful (yet slightly bitchy) Info and Minds In the Gutter | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | crankyd | General discussion | |
| Helpful (yet slightly bitchy) Info and Minds In the Gutter Thank you for the info, b...though your "common" observation was more than a bit humbling. Ouch. As for the other comments... Well, stripping Paul was embarrassingly easy; a bottle of the cheapest gin (which he brought in his [gasp!] fanny pack) did the trick. But as far as finishing him... Evidently his family did not endeavor to send him to a proper finishing school, as was amply evident in his appalling behavior of last night...why, he didn't even use the drink coaster I placed on the table! The poor thing must have been raised by a pack of ravenous wolves. Tonight's lesson: That's a shrimp fork, not a fingernail pick; you filthy beast." My goodness, the New Year's Gala is just weeks away! | |||||
| Sorry the machines are giving | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Eameshead | Off topic | |
| Sorry the machines are giving you fits... Thats funny, when I saw your first take on the grey versions, I was going to ask if you could get any darker. And yes, to be honest (and just for clarity) I was thinking of white white leftover bits in high contrast against a range of deep greys that were much closer to black. (In my own head anyway…) So nice of you to bear with me and indulge me in this line of investigation. PS Just read the additional paragraphs above… It is easy to see that pattern is your main interest and reason for making images. And I do know that the color is just a way to separate the layers, rather than an expressive thing. Which is cool, because it beats just using color to pretty things up in a superficial way, especially if color really has nothing to do with the idea. At least this way, you can feel free to blame it on me if color (or deep greys) screw everything up! | |||||
| Wardrobe...kinda | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Wardrobe...kinda I use the duvet covers as sheets so I wash them weekly(ish). I also have ones I prefer to see in warmer weather and some in cooler. I have 8 sets of duvet covers, pillow cases and bottom sheets. That doesn't strike me as excessive. Rotation increases life span. The set from West Elm that I posted the pix of is the first set I've bought in quite some time. As for sleeping temp, I agree that it's healthier to sleep cool. We keep our bedroom at 55 degrees farenheit in winter so the down-alternative stuff we have is not too hot. In summer it actually gets quite cool out here in the desert at night, especially with all the windows open, so the thing wool liner thingie we have is actually perfect unless it's been super hot during the day...which pretty much doesn't happen. | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| . This fine and early example of the Eames Compact Sofa is upholstered in original Alexander Girard fabric custom designed for Colorado State University in the 1950s. Chromed and enameled steel, wool upholstered foam 72?w x 26?d x 29?h I never remember my University ever having any thing this cool hard to believe it sold for $9500.00 at auction. I went to visit my daughter at college and we went all over the campus viewing the various buildings very interesting that i saw nothing represented by Herman Miller or Knoll or any of the great designers that you use to see in your collage days, but at the time , unless you were in the Architect school had a glue who designed it, kinda sad looked like nothing but commercial grade all over the campus and that is not the first school that i saw that look at. | |||||
| Don | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| Don I see more MCM things in every movie and commercial these days. Maybe its gone so mainstream, that the competition is ramping up? So maybe its the Wallmart factor, This may be a true statement sad but true, When my house was photographed for a local magazine the professional photographer ask me if she could summit her photos, my house to several national magazines, of course I was thrilled !! only to be short lived , to feel like i got my 2nd rejection notice from Harvard. I did the gutsy thing and called the editor of El Decor to ask why she did not like my home in favor of Wayne and Brian's home, she came right out and said we feel MCM is being somewhat overplayed right now and we are 18 months out on our publication so with your color selection and all the MCM furniture we might be on to another look by then, I sucked it up and said .....o.k. MCM has only be in for 50 years trust me honey it aint going anywhere!!! (and your magazine is beginning to suck) end of story, | |||||
| anyone who has done this the | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | _ | General discussion | |
| anyone who has done this the right way will tell you that a good refinishing including repainting is 90% prep work and 10% actual refinishing/repainting (not just on furniture but on every other thing that needs it) you can also look at it this way. good prepwork could take 12-24 hours or more and actual refinishing/painting only takes a about 1 hour or less. personally, i will only do extensive repair work on something that is worthwhile bringing back to what it was. for generic pieces, it is probably going to cost you less to get an example that has the finish you want than to refinish/repaint. i do not know much about the origin/background or provenance of your chair but windsor chairs traditionally are actually always painted unless the chair is from the likes of george nakashima or hans wegner and other well known furniture designers of the 20th century who reinterpreted traditional designs. | |||||
| I'm aware that there are... | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Mike. | General discussion | |
| I'm aware that there are... I'm aware that there are other threads that discuss specific companies (I've been around a while, I just don't post anything). What I'm interested in is why so many of the companies that deal in these types of products are so bad, and why they always seem to have the same complaints made against them. Is it because reproduction furniture is a grey area of legality, and the people drawn to that sort of thing are just crooks, or is there some other explanation? If you ask the averge man on the street if he knows what a "Barcelona Chair" is, he'd probably say no. Iconic furniture design pieces, I would imagine, are things that people with an interest in design have a passion for. So I would assume that someone who sold these sort of products for a living would have a knowledge and a genuine love for the products, and not be the type of scam artist out to make a few bucks. | |||||
| When referring to build... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | crashdesk | General discussion | |
| When referring to build... When referring to build quality I am referring to the shell itself. The European ones, or those that I have seen have a thicker shell. Collectors may well desire the look of the fibres but the Eames' were trying to display as little fibre as possible. Of the American shell chairs Cincinatti shells show this best, followed by Summit. There was no definitive process for the creation of the shells from what I have read so these inividual companies appear to have tried different techniques to achieve what the Eames' desired. The screws etc used by each company to attach the legs to the shocks were different also. Another thing about the European versions I have seen is that there is less/no bleed from the shock mounts through the shell which I notice a lot on the American versions. These are just my observations. | |||||
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