Posts Tagged ‘History’
Pair of Double Level End Tables by Maison Jansen
Circa 1950 Elegant Pair of Double Level Mirrored End Tables / Side Tables in Solid Brass by Maison Jansen. Maison Jansen (House of Jansen) was a Paris-based interior decoration office founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen and continuing in practice until 1989. Jansen is considered the…
Read MoreHappy 126th Birthday Mies!
Today would have been Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday. In honor of the Pioneer Architect our friends at Google have commissioned a “Google Doodle” for the occasion. The Washington Post reports on Google’s tribute and YouTube has a video piece with more details.
Read More1970’s John Dickinson African Side Table
Only a few names from the furniture and interior-design world cross over from collectors to popular culture. Charles and Ray Eames, Marcel Breuer, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi… and recently John Dickinson. Dickinson, who died in 1982, was one of the 20th century’s most whimsical designers. Born in Berkeley Calif., and trained at Parsons School of…
Read MorePair of 18th c. Stone French Cheminees
Pair of 18th century stone Cheminees from a Mas (Farm) Outside of the Provencal Village of Rochefort du Gard, close to the Town of Avignon. Rochefort du Gard is “A charming village clinging to the side of a hill, Rochefort is – like Saze, its immediate neighbour – a very active village which organises a…
Read MoreEnd Tables by Michael Taylor
A pair of 1960s End Tables by Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture Company “Michael Taylor made decorating history. Whatever he did or didn’t do made news. He changed the way we live. Opened it all up. Aired it out. Declined reverence. Scorned pretense. He gave himself to design with intensity and passion.” Paige Rense, Former…
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