Posts Tagged ‘teak’
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Here’s a quick peek at a few of our recent purchases.
We’ll start with fabrics – a lovely pair of heavy curtains with a striped pattern in blues, greens & turquoise – perfect for keeping out those coming winter draughts. There are more shades of gorgeous green and a groovy pattern in the duvet cover.
The pottery kitchen storage jars are from the Kleen Kitchen Ware range produced by Sadler – a classic 1950s look.
The pedestal alarm clock is by Rhythm – its orange hour markers are a nice detail.
These stacking stools are perfect for a camper van or small kitchen – they’re stamped to the base ‘Chair Centre January 1972′.
This lovely Scandinavian mid century modern teak pestle & mortar is by Karl Holmberg.
The camera bag has all kinds of pockets and compartments and was manufactured by Hinomoto.
And last, but not least – the nest of tables that all the items are sitting on. They’re a wonderful shape and were manufactured by G-Plan.
Tags: 1970s, Chair Centre, g plan, Hinomoto, Karl Holmberg, Kleen Kitchen Ware, Rhythm clock, Sadler, Scandinavian, teak, vintage
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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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Monday, November 1st, 2010
Check out this classic teak table with its splayed legs and artist’s palette shaped top.
We bought it at auction this week but didn’t actually see it in the flesh until we picked it up. We weren’t disappointed though as the condition was very good and the grain of the wood is lovely.
Such a classic 1950s look and a really useful little side table for the lounge – great for our photo shoots & staging too!
This would normally leave us with the conundrum – sell or keep?…
…but we had no such problem this time as the auction price was for a pair!
Tags: 1950s, 50s, artist palette, atomic, auction, Homemaker, palette, Ridgeway, Ridgeway Pottery, Stitchcraft, Stitchcraft magazine, table, tables, teak
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
We recently picked up some lovely vintage teak dining chairs from a local auction. They’re from the Moselle range produced by A. Younger Ltd in the 1950s. The seat covers were looking very tired, generally letting the chairs down. We’ve set about re-covering them. We bought the fabric a few years ago and have been waiting for just the right project to use it on. Here are the early reupholstery results.
They’ll soon make a wonderful set. They come with a matching extendable dining table.
Tags: "A Younger Ltd", carver, chair, diy, Moselle, project, reupholstery, teak, vintage
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
We’ve reached the end of the alphabet… and ‘Z’ is for zoo. Our virtual zoo is full of animals beautifully interpreted in pottery, glass, textiles, book illustrations and more. All our animals are well looked after… and there’s no entrance fee!!
- 1960s lion tile designed by Kenneth Townsend
- Detail from fabric peg bag
- Vintage Scandinavian glass ram
- Vintage children’s book cover
- Shaker Abecedarius illustration
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
List of animals in the Shaker Abecedarius
Vintage 1960s 'Beefeater' steak plates by Washington Pottery
- Vintage 1970s Staffordshire pottery mug
- Vintage 1960s/70s Hornsea pottery mug
'Life of St Martin' illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966
Vintage 1960s 'Acapulco' chopping board by Villeroy & Boch
'Acapulco' chopping board detail
Vintage 1970s Danish pottery plaque
Illustration from 'This is London' by Miroslav Sasek, 1959
Illustration from 'This is Edinburgh' by Miroslav Sasek, 1961
Detail from a vintage 1950s Cadbury biscuit tin
Vintage 1950s pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR
Illustration by Dean Mitchell from 'Folk Tales of the World, Australia', 1965
Little felt elephant made in Nepal
Vintage 1960s/70s pottery owl plaque
Vintage 1960s Danish teak mouse
Tiger print by Walasse Ting
Tags: "Miroslav Sasek", 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Acapulco, Alice and Martin Provensen, animals, Aries, Beefeater, birds, biscuit tin, Dean Mitchell, elephant, Emile Probst, fabric, Folk Tales of the World, glass, Hornsea Pottery, illustration, John Clappison, kangaroo, Kenneth Townsend, Life of St Martin, lion, Losmonosov, mouse, owl, Peaceable Kingdom, penguins, Sasek, Scandinavian, Shaker Abecedarius, Staffordshire Pottery, teak, This is Edinburgh, This is London, tiger, Villeroy and Boch, Walasse Ting, Washington Pottery, Z is for zoo, zoo
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