Who has a MCM home? I have to admit, I do not have very much MCM furnishings.
Julius Shulman photograph, scan from Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered by Pierluigi Serraino.
Fair use claimed, it's my home in 1958.
And in 2018...
Who has a MCM home? I have to admit, I do not have very much MCM furnishings.
Julius Shulman photograph, scan from Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered by Pierluigi Serraino.
Fair use claimed, it's my home in 1958.
And in 2018...
Who has a MCM home? I have to admit, I do not have very much MCM furnishings.
Julius Shulman photograph, scan from Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered by Pierluigi Serraino.
Fair use claimed, it's my home in 1958.
And in 2018...
That’s an awesome house. I live in a 1958 ranch, but it’s not that modern.
I love this house!
I am heart broken. I was antiques window shopping in the last week and found a really nice side table that looks nice. Ignore the blue porcelain crap on it
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Very basic design, no fancy stuff, no fancy patterns.
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The only thing is, it's not for sale :-( The shop owner just mentioned that the people that sell the blue set of porcelain use it for staging and I wasn't the first who ask for a price
No information given about the manufacturer, I checked for labels but nothing. Hope maybe somebody here can at least give me a hint who made it.
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Yeah, would love to do that but the table is not for sale at all :-( They do consignment and the seller is not selling the table. Maybe if it’s still there in a month I will try my luck again. Too bad.
I’m actually thinking about building one similar to this. There is a technique out that would allow to bend wood in such large radius.
Steam bending is generally for solid wood. Bent lamination with 2 piece forms and clamps uses plys. I’ve used both extensively in chair making. For this table bent lamination over a form using a vacuum bag would be the way to go. It’s the best way to get even clamping force across a large curved area.I'm not sure how well steam bending would work for me without having a steamer chamber for that. Also the bending equipment requires a lot clamps and kind like a jig that has the shape of the final bend.
What I found is a technique that makes cuts on the inside of the bend that leave only thin layer at the bend outside left and folds that way. Support is via bisquets in perpendicular slots. Once I settled own in my new house here I will look into it.
In the meanwhile, I found some similar looking chairs online that had a sticker of the mfg, the name is Swedese. They are a Swedish furniture maker, not sure if still in business but they had a line of chairs that were bend like this little table. I will keep my eyes open for that.