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22/12/2010 7:16 am  

I want to put the right pulls on this desk. It looks so very much like Paul McCobb's Planner group that I'm thinking it's probably by him but I don't see it online and I don't have much on his work.


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22/12/2010 7:33 am  

Not McCobb
I just got word from a McCobb expert who said that mine is not one. He said that McCobb only did a planner group desk, in that style.
If it had dug-out pulls it would look like the Saarinen-Eames desk.


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22/12/2010 5:53 pm  

Your desk is Stanley Young fo...
Your desk is Stanley Young for Glenn of California.


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22/12/2010 8:03 pm  

Glenn of California
It's really a darn shame the original wood pulls were removed. I hang my head and a moment of silence. Still a beautiful desk.


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22/12/2010 10:32 pm  

Glenn of California! That's nice.
Thanks for the good news. Anybody have a pic of those wood pulls?


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22/12/2010 10:37 pm  

Oh, I see.
Just saw that there are examples on the web with various pulls. Much appreciated


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23/12/2010 5:05 am  

WOW
I just found it on THIS forum. I have always had a crush on those handles, SMGSwank. I mourn deeply. Anybody have some to photo with a measuring tape along side? Robert1960 - I was the Weekday man running that small California modernism shop that you mentioned in the linked thread. The ?brick and mortar? store is closed down. I had nothing to do with the online business beyond setting up shots. I still live here. Is your sister a design freak? I can be contacted on Twitter under the same name that I use here. The world is getting very small.
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24/12/2010 3:04 am  

Pulls are original to Glenn of California
The pulls on your desk are the same I have on a credenza that is Glenn of California - Arcadia, so I believe they are original....


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24/12/2010 5:50 am  

You're right cali
I saw one that had the same pulls on 1st dibs but I have been in such a hurry that I dismissed them as being brushed stainless and smaller while mine are chrome. They are pretty freakin' lame. The proportion is all wrong. Anyway,I do appreciate the info, good to know. Anyone with those wood shingle handles on a beat dresser should contact me.


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