We have become heavily invested in some classic mid-century items recently. So expect some Mad Men type glamor in our store suddenly.
George Nelson for Howard Miller cigar shaped bubble lamp (rah!). I love this designer. He was quite a character and very devoted to his trade (though not very committed to giving credit to the designers on his team.) He credited the design of this line of lamps to not having the $125.00 to buy a silk Scandinavian lamp for his office.
George Nelson Sunburst clock. This was actually designed by Irving Harper, who worked for the George Nelson Design Studio and designed some of the most iconic products of the company.
The big teak wood sculptural ice bucket designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk.
Tangle toy sculpture designed by Richard X. Zawitz.
A Copco skillet designed by Michael Lax. I think this is one of the most (if not the most) beautifully designed skillets ever. I especially love the dark chocolate glaze on this one. I would like to do a post on this line in the future because it is just so gorgeous.
This Dansk Kobenstyle pitcher (Quistgaard again) is already for sale in the store now. I just like to look at the aqua with the brown.
Marimekko fabric in the Lokki pattern designed by Maija Isola in 1961. This little quote about this particular design from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maija_Isola:
Lesley Jackson, in the aptly titled chapter Op, Pop, and Psychedelia in her textbook Twentieth Century Pattern Design, writes that “from Finland the exuberant all-conquering Marimekko burst on to the international scene” in the 1960s; she illustrates this with one pattern by Vuokko Nurmesniemi, and three by Isola – Lokki, Melooni, and inevitably Unikko.[12]
Of Lokki, Jackson writes “Isola revolutionized design with her simple, bold, flat patterns, printed on a dramatic scale. The design, whose title means ‘seagull’, evokes the lapping of waves and the flapping of birds’ wings.”[
Some modernist book covers to look at and not for sale.
“Every day is just like the rest, but Sunday’s best” (Elvis Costello)
We have a local farmer’s market on Saturdays that turns into a very good quality flea market on Sundays. We visit the flea every Sunday. Yesterday I went to the farmer’s market in search of some interesting wintry bouquets. I want to thin out my glass collection, which is not substantial but we collect a lot of things, and everything needs to be cut back.
Well winter is a slow time for farmers but a busier time for antiques. So half the market was taken up with a toy show and the farmers were short on space. There were no bouquets of any kind. No branches, no dried weeds. Long story short, I pulled out some spindly early rhubarbs and too fat leeks. There was a plant vendor who helped me find a few lovely items. So I was able to get some pretty good photos (do you think so?) And the plants are really pretty to look at.
My son is really hoping for some strawberry/rhubarb shortcake and potato leek soup. I will see how busy my day gets.
I decided against selling this iittala bird vase, but the glass flowers will soon be in my etsy shop.
This is like selling a bubble or air.
My husband went to the flea market at 5 this morning and paid good money for this beauty
He thought we would sell it, but I’d rather sell another clock instead. He paid much more for this (the larger of the 2 clocks) but it is unusually big.
We love George Nelson. We plan on keeping the large one and selling the 2 smaller ones we have to pay for it.
The end.
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