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	maybe...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Td	General discussion
	... but they make keeping the floor clean a bit more difficult. And, speaking of cleaning, how do you really get caning totally cleaned? Is the weaved caning suppose to be decoration? With all that said I can honestly say that next month I may prefer the 2nd cabinet to the first. As a jaded snob I would say they are both inferior design. From a practical standpoint I would say they are both superior to 90% of any furniture made today.
	This thread confuses me.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	This thread confuses me. First of all, the tacks shown are usually just decorative, added after the fabric has already been stapled or tacked to the frame with smaller, more discreet tacks. As for the permanent tack-shaft idea: sounds like a crazy difficult upholstery job! Feeling around for that tiny shaft... deftly poking the fabric through... furiously screwing on the head, all while positioning the fabric with the proper tension. (Never mind spots where several layers of fabric need to gather!) I do recognize the destruction wrought upon wood by the thir ...
	Modern, yes, but not ultra modern	1 Relevance	17 years ago	barrympls	General discussion
	... be appropriate for everyday use. She apparently had little time for designs that were difficult to use and overly fragile. In terms of her taste for design, she was definately belonging to the era of Philip Johnson, George Nelson, Florence Knoll, and the Eameses. Her post WWII designs continued not to be particularly radical, and I doubt if she had much time for the wild Italian lighting and furniture. I doubt if she is much of a fan of Frank Gehry, for example, or for all of that plastic furniture. She certainly wasn't Mod! I remember when Philip Johnso ...
	yolandeds	1 Relevance	17 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	... weaves, but this one is very difficult and is worth having a pro do it. There's a woman in my area who has been doing woven seats of all types professionally for many years and even she says this is difficult to do. She has her husband help her by pulling the cord taut at the corners. I'll probably have her re-do my Wegner rocker someday. Once you're in NZ, get some chairs with the other style of weave and have fun learning that. It's easy and very satisfying.
	I am not an....	1 Relevance	17 years ago	koen	General discussion
	... or in the Melior company, but that does not matter all that much because both the Melior design and name and the Chambord design and name by S.A.Martin were owned by the majority shareholder of S.A.Martin: Louis-James De Viel Castel. I do not know the exact terms of the arrangement but by the early eighties Jorgen Bodum, the son of the founder of the Bodum company went into an arrangement with mr. Viel Castel giving Bodum the rights to the Chambord and Melior name and design. It was not a watertight arrangement because Mr. Viel Castel ended up putting a sim ...
	The vintage shells	1 Relevance	17 years ago	barrympls	General discussion
	The vintage shells were made of fiberglass and when they replaced the material with a new, more envirnomentally sound fiberglass that's different, they were unable to make the loveseat. I haven't heard that the quality of the plastic shell is different in the chair and ottoman, however. I would guess that the metal frame is sturdier nowadays. My friend who reupholstered my Grasshopper chair and ottoman has done Womb's in the past and they are not extremely difficult to do, so if you can find a vintage one in decent condition, you can get it redone.
	My favorite costume	1 Relevance	17 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	My favorite costume Was a gay cowboy (preceding Brokeback by about 3 years) Complete with an LED beltbuckle scrolling "Howdy...y'all comeback now!" The pink plaid cowboy shirt was kind of easy to find. Gold lame' chaps were a little more difficult to secure. Luckily there is a Sacca di Frutti outlet store near my house (and near Magic Dumpster) I have some ideas for this year...
	Yes	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Pegboard Modern	General discussion
	... detail. With fabric covers it is barely discernible, but with naygahyde covers you will see the stitching instead of the gap in the channel. They are kinda' tricky to do, it can be difficult to get the cover back in the frame and get the correct tautness. The soft pad is much more forgiving to reupholster since you have the cushions rather than the channeling however they are pretty labor intensive.
	I would	1 Relevance	17 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	... it would need threads below the point, to screw on the head -- the only reliable means of applying the head to the tack. Such a tack -- pointed at both ends -- would be difficult to apply to the chair; I'd say you'd need a special nail-set with a conical recess at the "business end." The strongest objection would come from persons familiar with upholstery technique, I'd think. That is, one wants to stretch the fabric tight and then drive the tack; with your special nail, the folded edge of fabric needs to be over-stretched a bit to get it to pass over th ...
	cont.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	dcwilson	General discussion
	cont. But that does not mean that it will make all designers winners and rich. It is a vastly more difficult and complicated game to play. But it is nevertheless an emerging game that some will play and win at, because the global information and communication markets have apparently reached a stage of enabling it. I am rather old fashioned. I like the idea of thinking about making a thing and selling it for a fee that is profitable at the volume that I choose to and can produce it at. I do not like thinking about the clicks it will generate and working back ...
	I was also intrigued ...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	koen	General discussion
	I was also intrigued ... ..by this quote of the 2009 Kaj Frank Design Award recipient. I disregard the two first sentences simply because it describes some kind of inexistent contradiction-like saying "cars are no longer made of steel they also come in blue...". Design is and has always been an important factor in competing for the user's preference and it has done so by creating and developing new models (both in the sense of "shapes" as in the sense of "archetypes". I fail to see the contradiction or what has changed. My understanding of the next statemen ...
	a breath of fresh air indeed,...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	a breath of fresh air indeed,... a breath of fresh air indeed, thankyou. I don't think you should concern yourself about the work being 'derivative' . It difficult to tell but the quality seems to be there, no need to strive for novelty just for the sake of it. PLease stay on the forum, I'm sure you'd be most welcome.
	hi paul	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Danish-homestore.com	General discussion
	hi paul yes im in Nottingham, Midlands as for value. difficult to say. Some of his other desks reach £800 - 900 in auction but as this is a version not seen before it could go for a song or be really fought over. Try asking Bruun-rasmussen.dk
	A shot in the dark--	1 Relevance	17 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	A shot in the dark-- bleached mahogany, perhaps? (I find wood ID extremely difficult and can only positively identify a few types with absolute assurance. I venture this wild guess timidly, figuring I'll never improve my wood game unless I practice.) Also an opportunity to say: nice piece!
	Dear Coolwater...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	koen	General discussion
	... I do not see how it could be anything but an original. s to the value, the two that wright put on auction and ended at $16.000 are Seagram building originals and I think that for anybody that collects that origin has a lot of meaning. It ties Mies v.d.Rohe with the Montreal Bromfman family and the Seagram building story. I think that it would be difficult to beat that price of $ 8.000 per piece as part of a pair (some increase in value there to) Again without pictures it is difficult to say. Your assumption that it might even be some prototypes is unlikely. ...