After six years of occasional inquiry, I will be receiving (for free) two Bertoia diamond chairs with full canary yellow pads. These chairs are in my childhood public library. I spent a good deal of time there, and my grandmother was a volunteer there as well, so I am very glad to be getting these. Although it's bittersweet because they are giving them to me, only because they are closing and going on to newer facilities. It makes me sad. I have such nice memories of the library, and I love it's interior as well. Shame.
Tulipman
There is nothing extraordinary about the interior - but it is typical of it's time ... mid century. But, there are a few things about it I will always remember ... the large colorful paper mache' animals hanging from the ceiling, the enormous Victorian dollhouse full of figurines and furniture behind the glass case, the brick entry.
But there are several sofas and armchairs in there that look like Knoll - could be Steelcase. Unfortunately, they were recovered in the early 90s in a terrible floral.
I don't know how to tell what they are given this situation. I plan on asking them if they are going to auction them. I bet they'll go for a song.
The Steelcase sofa I have has a Knoll like base but the back legs are at an angle. The ones in the library are straight like a regular Knoll leg. However, I was told that the furniture in there was all acquired at different times from different libraries in the same district that remodeled. So just bc they have Bertoias doesn't mean the sofas/chairs are Knoll....
And for the perfect finishing touch,
add a book truck, and a Kik-Step stool (one of the most perfect designs ever!).
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