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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
This wonderful vintage starburst clock was our ‘star buy’ at yesterday’s auction.
Also referred to as sunburst clocks, this one has a brushed metal face with a radial pattern of wooden star/sun rays.
Produced by the very good maker Seth Thomas in the 1960s, it wasn’t cheap – but it’s a great example. The condition is superb and it’s keeping perfect time.
The clock seems very happy in our bedroom. We know we shouldn’t be keeping shop stock, but it won’t do any harm to look at it for a while.
The modern, stylised shape and brushed metal is softened by the warm wood, providing a great link between old & new when going for that eclectic look.
We already have an example of this type of clock in our top floor lounge/bedroom.
It dates from the same period, but this one is made by Metamec.
This one was also bought as shop stock – two years ago!!
Tags: clock, Metamec, Seth Thomas, starburst, starburst clock, sunburst, sunburst clock
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
On the same day we bought our vintage Anglepoise lamp, we bought this fabulous 1960s radiogram.
We’d actually been on the look out for an amplifier to go with a record deck we had – but suddenly, as bidding was about to stop at £30, we couldn’t resist this beauty!
It’s a Garrard Dynatron – radio, record player and speakers – housed in a teak cabinet.
Not only does will it provide music in lounge – we think it’s a great looking piece of furniture. Streamlined & good proportions, it fits the space exactly – the teak is a lovely warm colour too.
Justin was very impressed with this particular feature… the slow, soft-close lid – no danger of records jumping.
And most importantly – it sounds good too!
Tags: Dynatron, Garrard, radio, radiogram, record player, speakers, teak
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
We’re super-pleased with this purchase we made on Thursday. We’ve been on the hunt for a club chair for some time…
…then not only did we get a club chair, we got two club chairs… and a matching 2-seater sofa!!
It’s an original 1930s Art Deco suite, re-upholstered in the 1960s in a tan leatherette. Fantastic shape, comfortable with lovely stud detailing.
And a little extra… the lady who sold it says it was re-covered in the same leatherette as was used for Concorde. We’re trying to track down some old photos from the plane or Concorde airport lounge interior.
Fudge approves – and has made himself very much at home!
It’s found a home in our top floor bedroom/lounge. We spent the entire day re-arranging everything to accommodate it.
It was worth it though… there’ll be many books read in these chairs… cups of tea /glasses of wine drunk, crackling fires watched. We love it already!
Tags: art deco, chair, chairs, club chair, Concorde, couch, Furniture, leatherette, seating, settee, sofa, suite, three piece suite, upholstery
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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Tags: antique, kitchenalia, potato, potato masher, rustic
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
We were out & about in Huddersfield the other day and took some photos of these amazing tiled mosaics.
They’re situated in a 1960s-built precinct development in the town centre- they really capture the era.
On the subject of tiles, we recently put this image on Flickr. It’s a 1960s tile by Platt depicting a prince on horseback with a hunting falcon – we absolutely love it! We’re planning on having it framed.
We got this vintage bird tile ready-framed which is very effective. We think it was made by Maw & Co. It reminds us of Lisa Larson in style. We bought it from Wowie Zowie in Chorlton. This shop is well worth a visit if you’re in Manchester – they have some lovely stuff, imaginatively displayed.
This large tile/plaque is indeed by Lisa Larson – she’s a real favourite of ours! It was designed for Gustavsberg of Sweden in the 1960s.
Here it is in its usual home on a shelf in our lounge.
Here’s another one of our vintage tiles in situ – this one’s Italian – it sits happily on our bathroom shelf. Here it is in close up.
The most recent addition to our little collection was picked up yesterday. It’s quite different to the others in the fact that it represents a real place – it depicts the Euromast in Rotterdam designed in the 1950s – we really like the modernist feel to it.
The final item in our burgeoning tile collection is by Kenneth Townsend. We featured it before in our Z is for… Zoo blog post.
The lion is an early piece from his Menagerie range. Hopefully we’ll be able to find some of his other animals to fill our shelves!
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, ceramic tiles, Chorlton, Euromast, Gustavsberg, Huddersfield, Kenneth Townsend, Lisa Larson, Manchester, Mosaic, Rotterdam, tile, tiles, Wowie Zowie
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I want an orange fridge/freezer too! Most definitely the orange!
