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Mid Modern Fostered Furniture

01/19/2024

$500!! Comes with end table !!

11/12/2023

The Veneer Family 🏠 - Full bedroom set or pieced out set, everything in working order with ware and tare reflected with age.
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ET: 20Wx18Hx18D
9D: 72Wx31Hx21D
TB: 35Wx41Hx20D
MIR: 33Wx63H
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Veneered wood is very eco-friendly as it allows more economical use of timber, especially unusual or rare woods. Every scrap of veneer is used. Unlike solid wood, veneers cannot be carved or ornamented. Instead attention focuses on the grain and the sheer beauty of the veneer

09/05/2023

REHOMED ♥️ Ontario 9️⃣ - A Large 9 drawer walnut dresser, smooth gliding doors with unique trim and a sturdy base.
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71W x 17D x 29.5H
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The first dressers were used in the kitchen and dining areas to "dress" one's meal before serving. By the 17th century, a tall backboard fitted with shallow shelves was added to display one's finest dinnerware, with additional drawers for storing table linens and silver.

08/31/2023

REHOMED 💚 Envy Cart 🍀 - Rolling bar cart with two shelves on casters, green with envy chair in immaculate condition. No stains, no rips, no tares, skirt was removed with blood sweat and tears
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27.5W x 25.5H x 18.5D Bar Cart
33W x 34H x 34D Chair
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The bar cart has an interesting history that dates back to the 1800s. It originated from the tea trolley, which was used in Victorian England. Servers in upscale homes would wheel in tea for the lady of the house and her guests. Fast forward to the 1950s and the bar cart really came into popularity

08/24/2023

REHOMED 💓 Record Cab 🚖 - Compact record cabinet with four vertical cubbies to hold your whole collection
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28W x 18D x 22H
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The record player was invented in 1877. Actually, it was a phonograph, and not a turntable, but it is considered the first record player. It was in 1887 that the gramophone was invented, which became the basis for the modern record player.

06/24/2023

REHOMED ♥️ Stanley 🍂- Compact 3 drawer dresser from “Distinctive furniture by Stanley” With dividing basement drawer on a sturdy frame
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32W x 18D x 32H
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Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of furniture, employing over 3,000 people. The high-quality wood furniture produced by the company is targeted for the upper-medium price range of the residential market. The Stanley line includes furniture for bedrooms, dining rooms, home offices, living rooms, and entertainment rooms. The furniture is manufactured in the United States at facilities in Stanleytown and Martinsville, Virginia.

06/14/2023

REHOMED 💛 Kenilworth - low featured record cabinet with sliding/corner capabilities and functional drawer
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46.5W x 23H x 16D
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In 1877, Thomas Edison sought to create the first music recording and playing system. His device was dubbed the "phonograph," and it worked by recording sounds on circular cylinders. However, the production quality was subpar, and each tape could only be played once

05/26/2023

REHOMED 🤎 Low Boi - 6 Drawer Teak dresser in fantastic shape. At this old age they’re ready for their furever home.
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48.5W x 16D x 28.5H
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Lowboys and tallboys were favorite pieces of the 18th century, both in England and in the United States; the lowboy was most frequently used as a dressing-table, but sometimes as a side-table. It is usually made of oak, walnut or mahogany, with the drawer-fronts mounted with brass pulls and escutcheons.

05/16/2023

REHOMED 💛 Tall Boi 🪵- 5 Drawer walnut dresser, smooth drawers with a sturdy frame. Canoe shaped handles to add to the already unique look
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36W x 46H x 18D
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Tallboys first appeared in England in the late 17th century and remained popular throughout the 18th century. The mahogany tallboy shown above dates to the mid-Georgian period and features a secretaire in the lower section. The piece stands on bold cabriole legs with carved hairy paw feet.

05/12/2023

REHOMED 🧡 Golden Quad ⭐️ Set of four gold finished bar stool with leather seating and backs. A light salmon with its shiny frame gives them their own personality.
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41H x 18W 16D - 31CH
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The first piece similar to what now we know as bar stools, comes from the ancient Egypt. Here sculptures of deads were welcomed as a propitiatory sign; bar stools were also used as humble seating by artisans during the work

04/12/2023

Blue Lagoons 🔵- Austere look for a vintage, primitive garden lawn chair made out of metal. These chairs have a frame made out of aluminum with a distressed coat of blue paint, giving the piece a unique, worn-off appearance. They have 2 C-shaped legs and arms in one. A seat is squarish and wide, a mid-height vertically grooved fullback - semi-oval.
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18W 25H 18D
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Dot" chair 1953-60
This next style has a zillion holes on the seat back and seat bottom and was advertized as ventilated and air conditioned. Also the tubing on the arms is frayed out a bit. Variations of this style where made to circa 1960.

This chair design as well as many Arvin products in the early 1950's (such as dinette sets and heaters) were designed by Raymond Loewy as noted by one of the newspaper ads below. Earl Booth had designed all the prior styles and worked for Arvin for 28 years as their chief engineer of metal furniture. Nothing against Raymond, but his Dot chair was the demise of the all metal outdoor furniture for Arvin.

They tried a variety of Dot patterns during this period. In the late 1950's, they dabbled with settees and gliders; however, this style had already been phased out by most makers such as Shott, Logan, and Southern Household.

09/22/2022

REHOMED 🤎 Canoe Credenza 🛶 - This long beauty has brass handles that remind me of canoes, drawers to accommodate utensils or maybe remotes! Has had the top refinished and is ready to be REHOMED!
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72W 18H 30D
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Drawer pulls are most commonly made of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc. It's a tradition that dates to the William and Mary period when round drop pulls were cast. These early round or pear shaped pulls were usually flat or hollow on the back. They were mounted on a very thin brass backplate that often was “chased” for additional decoration. Around the turn of the 18th century the cast bail handle appeared. It attached to a drawer front with cotter pins clinched on the inside, similar to the earlier drop pulls. The ends of these early bails curved inward to complete the handle.

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