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HeyScooby
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08/11/2010 3:37 am  

My wife and I love this but cannot find it anywhere. Can anyone point me in the right direction?


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Arthur Sixpence
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08/11/2010 7:49 pm  

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Looks like a mix of English and french I would guess it is all reproduction but you need to look for English Regency or Victorian style furniture and this should put you in the right direction.


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Killian
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08/11/2010 8:04 pm  

I can point you in the right...
I can point you in the right direction....while I am all on for choice and Im aware everyone has their own sense of taste and style I would urge you to rethink your choice in furniture here. For a start its repro which in essence means worthless shite.
If you want to have antiques in your house then why not take the slightly harder but far more rewarding route of actually going to "genuine" antique shops and buying lovely old pieces. The patina in an old piece is just so infinitely more beautiful that that of its repro cousins.
Don't waste money on crap like this you can do so much better....please take a little time and buy nice old pieces and then have them reupholstered to suit your house. Go to the very best antique shop you can find...even if you cannot afford to shop there and look at the wood and craftsmanship in real antiques and then go to a repro place and see look at the difference.....repro is for lazy unsophisticated people.
I genuinely hope this helps.


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09/11/2010 11:46 am  

I thought that message was a...
I thought that message was a bit arrogant. Nice antiques are not cheap. Some people simply don't have the money to afford them. If you can afford to buy nice antiques, go for it. But if not, I have nothing against someone who buys a more affordable reproduction. And also, some people just aren't interested in furniture design. That doesn't make them lazy or unsophisticated. Sitting around on your hinney not working and watching TV all day is lazy. Having no interest in furniture design is not a definition of laziness in my book. Your interests are not necessarily the interests of everyone else, and deeming people lazy or unsophisticated because they don't share your interest in furniture design is rather arrogant (at least, I think it is).


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Killian
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09/11/2010 12:10 pm  

Some fair points cloudburst...
Some fair points cloudburst so I will clarify my statement a bit better. There are good quality repro items but they generally cost as much as genuine pieces. All antiques are not expensive but I urged the person to go to a good shop so they could see genuine quality in the flesh as the lesser shops often pawn off repro as being genuine.
I also do not understand why the person posed that question here, personally I thought it was a wind up but I figured I'd answer it anyway. Finally I understand how arrogant it sounds to say repro is for the lazy and unsophisticated but I stand by it regardless. If you have an interest in interiors and want to achieve a certain look then it takes time and effort. If you dont then just go to one shop and buy all your furniture there.


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09/11/2010 1:01 pm  

But just because something...
But just because something is antique does not make it well made either. I've seen plenty of antiques that are junk someone is trying to sell for more than it's worth simply because it is old. And I agree that if you have the money to buy WELL-MADE antiques, then go for it. I wad referring really to less expensive reproductions in my post...not the expensive reproductions. If you can afford an expensive reproduction, then buy the original. It is likely nicer and made better. It will also retain it's value and probably increase in value whereas a reproduction will probably decrease In value.


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Arthur Sixpence
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09/11/2010 1:47 pm  

Ahhem..
Just to butt in and I am not taking a side here but if its junk its not an antique. Over 100 years old and of good quality, rare or collectable then it is antique. Badly made furniture will always be just that never a collectable or an antique. Killian for every one person who loves an aged piece of furniture with marks and patina that show its history there will be a hundred who would quite happily sand it down and varnish it. Not mmatter what you tell them!


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Killian
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09/11/2010 3:11 pm  

Asking about repro on a...
Asking about repro on a design forum is like asking which ketchup works best with a risotto on an Haute cuisine forum.
I had hoped with my original post to try to influence the OP to rethink repro and realise there is nicer more interesting stuff out there. I know I may have gone slightly overboard ( not the first or last time I will be accused of that) but I really did hope they might slow down and take a little look around and come to a reasoned decision...and if that ultimately led them to buy repro then so be it.


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Arthur Sixpence
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09/11/2010 3:17 pm  

Heyscooby
You have been left a little behind here! but depending on what sort of style you are after have you thought about searching out a new designer or your local college for a student going through there furniture design course maybe look into some new design?
If you have to go repro buy second hand cheaply and then spend a little money on the upholstery or refinishing.


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Riki
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09/11/2010 9:39 pm  

Here is a little
help for the OP regarding his original post. The furniture in your picture appears to be high quality, benchmade, English style furniture.
Try googling Maitland Smith or Theodore Alexander if that picture is from the UK or Baker if it is in the US.
Or, you can google the style of the furniture, i.e. camelback sofa with scroll arm and cabriole leg, wing chair w/Queen Anne leg, etc.
Having said that, I must reinforce what Heath said. Namely, that reproductions from those companies will cost you just as much as a good antique piece and will not hold up as well. In just a few years, your glue will start to give way and your joints and wide boards will start to crack. Can't be helped, it's just the nature of the new wood they use now instead of old growth hardwood and the joinery skills are not what they used to be.


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10/11/2010 1:10 am  

I said nuffin, but I...
I said nuffin, but I agree, except to say that joint quality is generally better now, timber dried too fast and artifical heating and cooling tend to cause the problems.
Does anyone else else think the image is a just a (bad) render?


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Riki
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10/11/2010 3:09 pm  

Sorry, Heath,
I meant Killian. The crappo joinery I am talking about is the dowel/glue combo on chair legs that gives way after a few years and results in dinner guests on their backsides!


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