The Mid-Century/Danish thread

[JohnVF]

Shucks John, I'm no hero, just a man with a van.

That looks like a grounded Space Shuttle! I'm amazed how much stuff we got in there, and it wasn't even full.

 

[Sam Cogley]

I'm looking for a martini cart if you see one!

We need to find a few stewardesses in the 60s uniforms, too.

Nice glasses. I've seen that flatware somewhere, too...nice stuff.

It's very well-made, and I have most of the set now. I think the pie server is the only missing piece. Fortunately I got in on it before a big price spike in the past few years.

My tinkering took a nosedive after I found those Sony speakers and the VPI. I keep auditioning other speakers and go right back to the Sonys, so the speakers (which take up the most room) have largely gone away (from maybe 15-20 pairs at one time to about 5 now). Moving to this smaller apartment also forced me to cut my collection of receivers/etc, in half. There simply wasn't room and I was sick of having stacks of gear interfering with my the one system that I keep going back to.

I'm getting to a point where I think I'll be pretty much done when I get the current batch of stuff finished, though I'm sure odds and ends will always wander by.

Nice collection, John. :yes:

Sam, I heard a rumour that guy has some more Lane stuff, as well. Hope it graces your house well. :thmbsp:

I've heard that, too. I guess he'll have to dig it out to hold up more amplifiers. :lmao:

 

[the-real-mandak]

Hey 1koolcat, the designer of your sofa is Peter Hvidt. John Stuart is only an upscale American importer of Danish American furniture. The sofa was designed in 1958 I believe and was sold individually or as part of a corner group.

I have this very same sofa as my main couch, except the upholstery on mine is dark blue. I've been looking for one of the loveseat frames to complete my corner unit, they come up on ebay occasionally but I am waiting to find one locally. Love the look of the sofa, but you are right, it is not the most comfortable sitting couch.

Kangatoy you are quite close, the sofa (called Minerva) was designed in 1957 by Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard Nilsen. They where working together from 1944 - 1975, Orla the older of the 2 had before worked for bough Kaare Klint and Arne Jacobsen.

http://www.deconet.com/decopedia/object/7313/Minerva_by_Peter_Hvidt_&_Orla_Mølgaard_Nielsen

BTW. nice thread.

 

[Sam Cogley]

They really haven't moved more than a few feet from where we put them...looks a little different in there now, huh? I haven't gotten around to painting anything and I need something on the walls. Maybe a spindle clock? Half the gear is still in boxes in the closet where we shoved them in there, and I still haven't come across my Audire preamp. I have no idea what box it's in.

(Robie helped me move all the stereo gear up here...he's a local AK hero.)

Get a Lux like mine! The one pictured here has been converted from AC to battery operation (the original Telechron movement was shot), but they were made in AC, battery and even keywind configurations, and in several different face color schemes. I have an original, intact AC version with a gold face in the garage.

 

[the-real-mandak]

JohnVF may I suggest this clock instead to keep the crome theme (he also made some industrial ones, witch are bigger in size, but also harder to find. On those the edge is not crome but stainless steel) :

Arne Jacobsen

BTW. I like you're sofa.

 

[JohnVF]

I like the Jacobsen and the Spindle-type clocks, as well as the Nelson clocks:

http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/blog/enclosures/NelsonClock.jpg

I'll probably get something on a whim when I see it (that's where most of my stuff comes from, it's not really planned ahead of time). The Sofa was from Craigslist..had to rent a uhaul and drive an hour but it was worth it, and will probably get completely refurbished at some point.

 

[the-real-mandak]

Here's something else I'd forgotten about.... some chairs by a company called Sibau from Italy. (never heard of 'em) I think I paid about $12 for all three from my local junk/antique shop. Thought the style was pretty clean looking.

A bit late, but here is some info:
The company is called Filippo Sibau & Co and the chair is called Quarzo Chair, it's still in production - I don't think it's that old.
http://www.filipposibau.com/main.php?lang=en

 

[the-real-mandak]

Yes the Nelson clocks are quite funcky and really 50's in the look (maybe not the ball clock, but that was not Nelson - properly that's why).

 

[the-real-mandak]

Here a few of my Danish.

 

[JohnVF]

Here a few of my Danish.

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That is fantastic...what a great room.

 

[the-real-mandak]

THX, that's the audio room - audio only.

 

[Sam Cogley]

Some nice C.A. Bissman solid walnut living room furniture spotted at a local resale shop. For those who don't know, Bissman started off as a home builder in this area, then set up a furniture factory and built solid walnut furniture in the 1940s and early 1950s with a proto-mid-century look.

 

[JohnVF]

That Bissman coffee table looks like an excellent long/low stereo shelf...

 

[cubdog]

I wish those were a bit closer to me. Very nice.

cubdog

 

[Sam Cogley]

The shop (admirably, I have to say) has the tables for sale as a set only. They're priced at $200 with some relatively minor finish damage. Despite being sold at over 4,700 retailers nationwide in the late 40s, Bissman furniture is fairly rare - the solid walnut and high-quality construction probably made it expensive, even then. Those tables are quite heavy for their size. If this were a few weeks ago I'd be seriously considering buying the set, but I'm too fond of my Lane Acclaim (which the shop has a few pieces of, he said they'd be out mid-week).

On that note, I'm going to an auction tomorrow to look at a Bissman dining room set.

 

[Sam Cogley]

I was rooting through some boxes this evening looking for a few interesting items I have relating to the Missouri Pacific "Eagle" trains - an early 50s Pullman Company blueprint of the paint scheme, a 1947 basic pen drawing of the "Missouri River Eagle" paint job, and a 1940 black and white photograph submitted to Railroad Age by Raymond Lowey Associates for publication (which still has the RLA sticker on the back). Along the way I stumbled across some items I had sort of forgotten I had, part of a hobby that's parallel to my love of mid-century modern design - vintage pin-up art. Playboy's mid-60s letterhead is almost impossibly cool.

 

[sheltie dave]

Sam, that Bissman is killer. I would pick up the dining room set if it is of similar quality:yes:

 

[Sam Cogley]

As Dave already knows, the stunning Bissman dining set I went to look at today started with an absentee bid - of double what I could justify paying for the set. Oh well...another day.

 

[Jack Lord]

That Playboy stuff is indeed cool. And not in the least...revealing, if you get my drift. I love the bottle and two glasses. Very Mondrian. The whole thing would be worth enlarging and framing.

 

[Duffinator]

Here a few of my Danish.

I totally dig that coffee table. :yes: :thmbsp: :yes: