Game Tables: Tough Decision  

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The M & L was designed in 1957. First displayed the 20th of Sept to the 6th of October that year. There is probably a recap of the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers Guild exhibition in a mobilia from shortly after that.

I will look tomorrow.

Went through a few issues from 1956 today and made a major discovery, at least in my world.

But will start a new thread about that.

looking forward to it!

let me pile on the rug fan club. Any idea from whence it came? I couldn't guess and I consider myself a rug guy

as for the question at hand? After MUCH consideration I am going with the ML example. I am a huge sucker for rosewood but the ML table just has it. And this comes from a lefty (handed and politically). I'd suffer the long reach

EDIT - after 30 seconds of furious research I think your rug might be Moroccan? But I did see another fairly similar that was attributed as "Scandinavian". I'm going Moroccan.

I don't really see why you would want to keep the brazilian one if you on the other hand can have the Willy Beck table. Really. And I think it was you, sir, who just a few weeks ago wrote about this very table as a once-in-a-lifetime oportunity. But this is what everybody utters so I might as well come up with a new idea. Why not part with both of them? It seems as if you can very well imagine to sell either one, so go ahead. You don't need these tables obviously since you don't play. Throw em out and make room for new acquisitions which may suit the room even more. Ever thought of that?

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waffle, you're right--Moroccan rug, unless I'm wrong, of course. Specifically, of the Beni Ourain tribes. They've been very popular for a few years now but mostly you see the white ones with dark lines in a diamond pattern. I like the colorful ones. (Easier to find kilims in these colors! Just watch out that you don't buy one described as vintage wool that is really a new synthetic blend that has been aged with bleach and other stuff that weakens the fibers.)

Here you go Leif.

Apparently first made in January 1957 for the cruiseship

Sorry for the sideways pics, always like this when uploading from my iPhone.

Either way, keep the table and find those chairs for it 🙂

Leif, Bruun Rasmussen just sold a game table like yours (the Willy Beck one, but yours seemed to be in a better shape). It made me wonder: How did you decide in the end?

I found the Ejner Larsen & Bender Madsen lounge chairs to go around the game table. I still need to strip the old re-caning off of them and cane them though.