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Trinity
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08/01/2009 12:09 am  

Hopefully you will be able to provide me with a starting point for two pieces of furniture that I have not been able to identify on the internet or elsewhere, despite a thorough search.

1. A round wooden table to display magazines on: in the form of a propeller with several cantilevered wooden blades, on which magazines can be laid, attached to a central vertical wooden hub, slightly conical in shape (narrower at the top), with a glass table top through which the magazines can be seen. Unfortunately I do not know the name of designer and/or producer. Period: 1930's? 1950's?

2. A wooden dinner/garden table with an asymmetrical top. Top made from solid wood planks, with a couple of planks intersecting at an angle with the table top jutting out outside of the usual rectangular area, creating a table top that in principle is not unlike the surface of an aircraft carrier (as in 'naval warship'). Designer and/or producer unknown. Period: late 90's, but more likely around 2005?

Any help in this is much appreciated, although I do realise that these descriptions are not very precise.


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Robert Leach
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08/01/2009 1:09 am  

Perhaps
pictures and a location would be a help?
The world is large, and the visual arts are, well, visual


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Pegboard Modern
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08/01/2009 1:22 am  

Just a guess
Images would be a big help, but your coffee table sounds like a Samuel Marx design.


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08/01/2009 11:19 am  

Jonathan Adler and Pablo...
Jonathan Adler and Pablo Picasso. Congratulations.


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Trinity
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08/01/2009 11:31 pm  

Sorry, no photo's. I am...
Sorry, no photo's. I am actually looking for these pieces, would like to know where to find/buy them, and as a result, only have these less than optimal descriptions. Have looked into both your suggestions, but have not been successful in locating either piece of furniture.


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whitespike
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09/01/2009 12:39 am  

With no photos this will be...
With no photos this will be a needle in a haystack. Good luck.


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Robert Leach
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09/01/2009 12:43 am  

How
do you know you are looking for them if you've never seen them ?


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09/01/2009 1:07 am  

He feels it in his heart.
He feels it in his heart.


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Robert Leach
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09/01/2009 2:44 am  

Neat
neat


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09/01/2009 3:06 am  

OK, Trinity
I am intrigued. Did you see these pieces somewhere and are describing them from memory? Where, exactly, did you see them? Can you go back to where you saw them and ask whomever owns them what they are? If you would expound a bit (or alot!) more on your dilemma, perhaps someone could help you. As it is, you might be considered to wasting people's time. That's why you are getting such caustic comments.


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Pegboard Modern
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09/01/2009 4:16 am  

Coffee table
Like I said, the coffee table you described sounds like a Samuel Marx design. If you are interested in acquiring one of these tables, that will prove to be rather difficult. Most of Marx's furniture designs were produced by Quigley (a high-quality cabinetmaker in Chicago) for his individual commissions. They were never mass-produced, and they are known for a very high degree of quality and luxurious finishes. Therefore Marx pieces are quite collectable and bring a lot of money either at auction or if you can find a dealer with any.
An interesting aside, We once came close to buying a house designed by Sam Marx. It's was simply amazing with extraordinary finishes and details throughout. It had a beautiful two-sided fireplace with a fossilized limestone surround, big open flowing floor-plan and the entire south side of the dining/ living/ family rooms was all glass. Perhaps we should start a thread about incredible houses we have seen and had the opportunity to photograph.
Anyway, the Marx coffee table can be seen in a couple books. "Ultra Modern" Liz O'Brian's comprehensive monograph about Samuel Marx and the "Coffee table coffee table book" by Payne & Zemaitis.
Here are links to them on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Table-Book/dp/190103304X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8...http://www.amazon.com/UltraModern-Samuel-Architect-Designer-Collector/dp...
Good luck in your search.
http://www.amazon.com/UltraModern-Samuel-Architect-Designer-Collector/dp...


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rockland
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09/01/2009 5:53 am  

?
Well done pegboard.
Designer:
Samuel Marx
Manufacturer:
Quigley & Company
Year: 1948
34,000


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Pegboard Modern
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09/01/2009 9:18 am  

There you go
Now why couldn't I find that image on line? I searched too.


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rockland
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09/01/2009 9:44 am  

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I'm looking for pics of the house you described.
Fun searching.
Thank you for the links!


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Trinity
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09/01/2009 4:53 pm  

One down ...
Wow, impressive, that's indeed the table I was looking for! Many thanks Pegboard Modern, and rockland for the picture! I got as far as the links to the books in my search yesterday on the basis of your earlier suggestions, but couldn't find any pictures of the table itself. Although in my memory the table had a slightly conical central hub (narrower at the top, wider at the base) ... Does the table have a name, or is it just known as 'coffee table'?
That leaves us with the second table, described that one from memory as well. Potentially by Dutch / Belgian designer.


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