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| RE: Is there a reliable source for Moller tables? | 1 Relevance | 5 years ago | Raijin | Identification | |
| I wouldn't call that table a coffee table, more like a side table but I do have the coffee table as well. The smaller table measures aprox 75 x 44 x 51 in cm and the large coffee table is 165 w x 60 d x 42 in cm. All three tables are labeled the same as I posted above. The only thing I can say is perhaps it has to do with the shelf. If the slats go one way or the other, if it is solid or if there are no slats at all. I know with Glen of California that they literally had the same dressers/nightstands/credenzas attributed to different designers where only the pull was different. There was Milo Baughman, Greta Grossman, Stanley Young pieces where that was the only difference. Attachment: IMG_5426-copy.jpg | |||||
| The photo of your lamp did | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | TinyArmada | General discussion | |
| The photo of your lamp did not load. I don't know the term "reop" but I'm assuming it means a knock-off or imitation? I've heard people use the term op-shop in New Zealand for second hand stores, but not the term re-op. Are you asking what to look for in the future in regards to Womb chairs? A Knoll label (or Vitra if you are outside the USA) would be the first thing and the sheer quality would be the second. Vintage Knoll furniture is of exceptional quality and it is easy to recognize, esp in comparison to knock-offs. A real womb chair is HEAVY, solid and usually (not always) has great hopsack upholstery. I'm sure they might be out there but I've never seen an imitation womb chair that upon inspection could ever be mistaken for Knoll production - maybe from 30 feet away but not from 5 feet. (Of course, I'm nearsighted others might spot it from 30) If you are asking what to look for in general in the future - the answer is also quality along with good design. | |||||
| The picture is tough to see | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | mgee76 | Repair | |
| The picture is tough to see clearly... but it looks like it could be worse? I'm sure it looks worse to you, in person. That's always the way it is. I don't know. I'm not a 'pro' by any means, but if it were me... I'd look into getting some raw, unbacked Teak veneer, on eBay or the like. That's where I've purchased it, anyway. I would try to build it up to level with the rest of the surface in layers, maybe a couple? I'd focus on blending the 'blank' areas instead of the darker grain, which could be added in with a graining marker or something later. Carefully glue these in and level by sanding, and then possibly a small amount of epoxy filler or whatever you're comfortable with. Then I would stain the whole thing a shade darker... I like to use Old Master's 'Cedar' wiping stain for stuff like this. It's got that nice aged color... Anyway, just a thought. The raw veneer built up would give you potentially less of an obvious line, and could be feathered out by sanding it. Then the color would be more likely to look uniform. Finally, you could darken in the veins if you still wanted to. Hrm. Tough one. | |||||
| Eames/ Herman Miller fiberglass - Fake ?? | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Kristian Lillelund | General discussion | |
| Hi there, I have been trading vintage Eames chairs for years and have suddenly stumbled over these - made a great deal on them and were ready to sell them on but... take a look at them - see link - https://picasaweb.google.com/113005560278507761207/Eamesnoway?authkey=Gv1sRgCJiTnausp87VdA I am not sure that these are authentic - has anyone heard of reproductions of fiberglass chairs faking the Miller logo and everything?? What struck me first was the smell of fiberglass - the shells smell like a boat factory, second is the burgundy colour which I have never seen before and then pads indicating where the shockmount is placed - it seems the shell has not been in the original mold!? Also the shock mounts - seem new although the shell is claimed to be from the 60´. And last thing that makes me wonder about the seller - he claims the dowel base is an authentic Herman Miller - know for sure that is not! The seller has lots and lots of these shells. Hope to get some input from you on this forum | |||||
| knockoff | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| knockoff I've had three knockoffs and all of them had the Canada mark on the tilt mechanism. They also have small screws with dish-shaped washers going through the outer wood to hold the inner shells in. I don't know how the Eames inner shells are held in place but they do not have these visible screws. Also, the armrests don't have the boxing (welt on two edges). They are usually just a flat platform or sometimes a curved plywood piece like the Eames chair but always with the leather wrapped around and stapled to the underside. I paid $15, $30, and $75 for my three sets (Goodwill and estate auctions). I wouldn't pay $200 for a knockoff in poor shape. They're very easy to reupholster, by the way. I just finished my third one. Got a gorgeous hide on ebay for $100 and spent a little more for new foam for the seat. This one had the curved armrests which I redid with boxing to look more Eames-y. It's still not an Eames chair but it will do until I can afford the real thing. | |||||
| Ah, lovely, Koen, just lovely | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Ah, lovely, Koen, just lovely I really enjoyed reading that. I believe in what you are saying; that a true evolution of a culture or of design is a subtle, gradual thing. The analogy of wavelengths of light is particularly appealing to me as this ties strongly to my educational background. My analogy of my personal history is the same. To look at the items and characteristics of my parents home, one might think that I rejected what I grew up with and went down a totally different path. Not so. The simple lines, the honest, nature-based color palette, the use of unpainted/unstained woods are present in both my parents shaker/farmhouse style and my leaner, modernist asian/mid-century style. Both posses a wabi-sabi that speaks of time and history not a 'it just appeared yesterday from nothingness'. I really appreciate that what is around me is connected in some way to what came before. I much prefer this more complicated, but much more textured way of seeing design history. | |||||
| To get a nice rounded edge to | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| To get a nice rounded edge to a cushion, cut a V-shaped channel out of the sides, spray the channel with adhesive, then press together. Voila! A perfect rounded edge every time. Use a razor blade to cut the channel. It will be tougher to do on latex foam because the foam is tougher and more resilient and will tend to compress rather than yield to the razor blade. (Very soft density urethane foam does the same thing but because it's soft, not tough and resilient.) Always use a new blade and you may have to change it before you're done. Foam dulls razor blades very quickly. You can vary the radius of the curved edge by cutting the V deeper or shallower. I try to cut it as close to the edge of the side as possible but usually a quarter inch doesn't make much difference. | |||||
| i work near White's store in... | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| i work near White's store in... i work near White's store in lower Manhattan and occasionally go in to take a look. i agree with most of the others here -- their reproductions are generally not of very good quality. Their Eames shell chairs are especially bad; the fiberglass is awful. that said, however, I do think that White serves a need -- there are people who like the designs but simply can't afford to buy the originals (even 2nd hand, assuming you can find it readily). for instance, White now makes a version of Saarinen's womb chair, which at least looked quite like the original and felt as comfortable (I can't attest to quality or how long it would last, though). And it sold for about $900, versus maybe twice as much for the Knoll original. the same goes for White's version of Jacobsen's egg chair, Nelson's coconut chair, and Eames' plywood screen in rosewood. to each her own is my take on this. modern repros, authorized or not, ain't my thing, but they do the trick for others. and so be it. | |||||
| That's the video I watched | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | mgee76 | Repair | |
| That's the video I watched that made me think it didn't look too difficult, spanky. Vinegar and hot water was suggested to soften the glue. I also have heard different opinions as to stripping the backs before or after removing the cane. My assumption would be that the stripper and solvents would soften the glue, but some lady told me that it could actually make the glue worse? Not sure if I believe that, but we'll see. Dunbar, in my experience, didn't seem to give too much thought to people doing repair. I guess I'll just have to play around and see what works... probably I'll steam the hell out of the spline and go from there. I saw a lady who used a grout steamer thing, modified with a narrow copper tip, and it appeared to work pretty well. But she also like, drilled holes in the spline to blast the steam into. But I also watched a guy use a router to clean out the groove. Might be too extreme. Thanks for the vote of confidence, tktoo. Now I pretty much have to do it. | |||||
| No, but | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| No, but those bent plywood upright pieces are similar. The woods on yours do not match. The seat base looks like it's painted black, the legs look like unfinished wood, the long back piece looks like oak, and the curved plywood pieces are yet another color. Plus, the curved plywood pieces have bright silver-colored fasteners, one of which is very close to the edge of the board. On the Pearsall piece, these are placed very accurately and they are recessed screws covered by wood plugs. And one last thing: yours appears to have an extra board under each curved plywood part on the back. What's up with that? Now I'm slightly curious to see what the deck looks like. Sorry to say, this looks very much like a daybed made of parts of other daybeds and also random pieces of wood and parts from Home Depot (the legs). | |||||
| general advice | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| general advice Someone said to bid your maximum. That means the price you're willing to pay, not the price you hope to pay. If you lost and you have regrets, you should have bid higher! Never, ever bid until the last ten seconds. Use a snipe program if you can't be at your computer when the thing ends. (I have used auctionstealer.com for years with great results.) The reasoning behind bidding at the last second is so that no one else has a chance to outbid you after seeing your bid entered. Sure, others will have proxy bids entered and many people use snipe programs, and some of these people might have already put in higher bids than you plan to enter. That's ok, as long as you bid what you're willing to pay. The people you want to sneak past are those who see an early bid and get all proprietary about the item and start bidding repeatedly until they beat your amount. If you're stupid, you come back and do the same to them. We sellers love it, though---you are driving the price up for us! I like snipe bids just as much as bidding wars, though. It's all part of the game. And yeah, there'll be another one of those along eventually. Probably something better, too, for less money. Happens to me all the time. | |||||
| HG is Hansen and Guldborg. I | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| HG is Hansen and Guldborg. I believe the whole thing is HG. Usually all the handles are the distinctive round shape. Easy to recognize once you know it. But here is a HG case piece with pill shaped handles providing rare precendent for that handles as well: https://www.etsy.com/listing/197067141/danish-modern-teak-wall-unit-floa... | |||||
| Sleekspaces/Alphaville | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | Daniel B. in Kansas | General discussion | |
| Sleekspaces/Alphaville I just recently purchased 2 Barcelona chairs from Sleek Spaces dot com. They receive their goods from Alphaville which is interesting, so if you're considering either, know that they're all coming from the same place. I was fortunate a year ago to purchase 2 Barcelona chairs that were Knolls from the 1970s for $1200 for the pair. These chairs from Sleek Spaces/Alphaville are actually pretty darned good. I must say that the welding and joints look great and the leather is surprisingly taut and firm. There are differences in the suppleness of the leather between the Knolls and the much cheaper copies, but I have to say that overall, the cheaper versions have satisfied not only my curiosity, but my needs. One thing about Knoll however is their consistency. I have the two chairs and side by side they are identical within 2 millimeters in all directions. However, I did notice that one of the cheaper chairs sat a hair higher than the other. It's okay though. I'm happy with them. | |||||
| I love pop art | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| I love pop art i have a large modern art collection that i have been collecting since October of 1973 When i bought my first Vasarely at a art auction, in Houston I was fortune and lucky enough to start a sucessful oil and gas company here in America in the Mid 70's and selling it in June of 1999. for a great price . but the 25 years that i ran the oil company we had great offices and when we sold the company I got to keep what i wanted , and the only thing other than lots of money that I wanted was the modern art collection , that i built over 25 years , I was lucky enough to be able to get large Vasserly.s Agams,Appels, Caulders . Leroy Nieman origianls, Peter Max, Dali (big ones )Ruven Rubins, and about 25 other artist that are great. My twin brother did not want any of the modern Art he just wanted the Chagall series and I gave it to him, All and all it has been one of the most fun things to be able to buy fun and great art for your home and office. | |||||
| good find, right price | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | kdc (USA) | General discussion | |
| good find, right price ok, so this wasn't all that recent, but it's a good, true story from about three years ago. i was on my way to an evening class at a local university when i spotted a pair of plattner lounge chairs on someone's tree lawn ready for trash pickup. at the time i didn't know anything about these chairs or plattner himself, but i could tell there was something obviously unique enough about these chairs that would warrant their becoming my acquisition and my doing some research. since they had the original knoll tags on them with a mfg. date of 1970, it didn't take much digging to find out their origin and value. these are most likely the best thing i've ever found [and certainly so at the price]! regarding their condition, on a scale of 1 to 10 i'd give them probably a 5 since they need some attention to the upholstery. i'm not sure if i'll have them restored and use them myself for a while or just sell them on ebay as is. anyway, that's my story of one lucky find! and it wouldn't have even happened if i weren't the type to slow down and gawk a bit whenever i see someone's throw-aways dragged to the curb! | |||||
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