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barrympls
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20/02/2010 5:36 am  

One of the most interesting and informative books on mid-century I have is:

"Modern Retro - Living with Mid-Century Modern Style"
by
Neil Bingham and Andrew Weaving
published in 2000 by Ryland, Peters & Small - London & New York.

What a cool, useful book of rooms nicely decorated with mid-century classics. A lot of the photos have dogs and cats lounging, which is kind of cool, and on page 6, there's an Eames Dining table with dowel legs! Is that a custom made piece by Eames or was a created by a good furniture maker?

Either way, it's so beautiful that I wish Herman Miller would create the exact table for sale.


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20/02/2010 5:42 am  

Do you mean..
Wood legs or wood legs with metal bars (like the dowel chair base)?


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20/02/2010 5:44 am  

Custom coffee table
With dowel base.
http://www.wright20.com/auctions/view_search/APH9/F57K/233/LA/eames_tabl...


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Robert Leach
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20/02/2010 1:19 pm  

Allow Me
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20/02/2010 4:33 pm  

This one
Was on eBay a while back...


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Robert Leach
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20/02/2010 4:48 pm  

The table
in the book is somewhat better looking than that one .


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20/02/2010 4:51 pm  

I agree
Yes.
There is also the gold-leaf anniversary table which has a dowel base too.


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barrympls
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20/02/2010 6:17 pm  

Thanks, Robert
for posting that photograph. (Isn't that book marvelous?)
So....was that cool dining table actually produced by Herman Miller, or was it custom produced by a midcentury collector and a custom furniture maker?
Honestly, if I was looking for a round dining room table, and this dowel-leg table was available, I'd buy it in a shot! I think I like it better than the Noguchi Cyclone or Saarinen tables.


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Robert Leach
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20/02/2010 7:49 pm  

A Great Book Barry!
funnily enough, for an British book, I bought mine in the US


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20/02/2010 8:43 pm  

My guess
Is Herman Miller custom table.


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barrympls
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20/02/2010 8:58 pm  

I love the photo (page 102/3)
of the pair of Josef Hoffman Kubus sofas flanking the Robsjohn-Gibbons monster "Mesa" coffee table and the Arne Jacobsen Swan wooden legged chair.
This is such a perfect photo showing all levels of quality modern furniture...from the 1920's, 1940's and 1950's.
This is exactly the kind of environment that appeals to me; mixing and matching pieces of quality furniture from different eras, all of which are forward-thinking modern without being too period-trendy.


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