Sol Bloom Catch it All?

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jesgord

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10/09/2007 3:25 am

Was walking through my neighborhood this afternoon and what should catch my eye (in the garbage) but a Sol Bloom Catch it All. After looking at it closely, however, it seems too new/clean to be an original edition. All iron frame surfaces are plasticized as are the welds on the bottom of the frame. It also has hard plastic/rubber feet in near perfect condition. As an aside, there are a couple of areas (near the weldsand where the plastic coating has dissapeared) that have significant oxidation/rust. My question is whether anybody has recently re-issued/knocked off the catch it all? If so, who and where can it be found? Any info is greatly appreciated!

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10/09/2007 3:47 am

i am one of the dumber...
i am one of the dumber guys on this forum . i am just not familiar with Sol Bloom , Please for give me , who was he.

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jesgord

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10/09/2007 3:52 am

Here is a pic of the catch...
Here is a pic of the catch it all
Sol Bloom was a sculptur who designed some mesh and iron furniture for a company called New Dimensions Furniture. To be honest, although the catch it all is an iconic mid century design...I don't know much more than that about Mr. Bloom
http://www.architonic.com/mus/gal/4101571

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10/09/2007 4:03 am

Sol might be one of the Ca...
Sol might be one of the California studio artist that we talked about last week.
His work looks like it could be There were about 20 people from Greta Grossman and Milo Baughman working in the early 50's with metal, makeing chairs in California ,

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10/09/2007 6:15 pm

I have scoured the web for...
I have scoured the web for more info on Sol Bloom and the Catch it All. A "scoop chair" was just auctioned yesterday at treadway/toomey. ( see link) I also just found a table top version of the catch it all that sold on ebay with the same plastic feet that mine has. Maybe mine is an original after all?
http://www.treadwaygallery.com/lotInfo.php?i=1064

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11/09/2007 6:42 am

Sol Bloom....
My Sol Bloom catch-it-all doesn't have a plasticized coating, nor does it appear that it ever had one.
That is not to say that they never produced them with a coating, however, I have never seen any. Perhaps, it was applied by a previous owner?

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jesgord

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11/09/2007 7:09 am

I have discovered that...
I have discovered that Modernica reissued these for a short time several years ago. They no longer make them...but my best guess is that what I found is one of these reproductions. That said, I'm still very pleased to have found it.

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11/09/2007 9:35 am

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Is the form exactly the same,its a good find...

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11/09/2007 10:00 am

Form and dimmensions are...
Form and dimmensions are identical. Only difference seems to be the manner in which the iron is covered. Originals were enamel paint, the newer ones have a matte black hard rubberized coating.

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