Esoteric Survey

  Before the holidays I received an email from Tom Delavan, the design and interiors director of the New York Times T Magazine. One of his recurring columns is called Style Detective. Readers submit a design mystery and Tom solves it.  He was asking about a Pacific Iron chair. Specifically, he wanted to know where one could get the Milo Baughman chair seen in the photo above. He didn't give me too much background, send me the photo, or even mention exactly why he was asking — other than it was related to his column. After reading  the article , I found out it was related to a 1952 Julius Shulman photo of the Robson & Helen Chambers Residence in Palm Springs. It was Robson's own house. The photo is after Chambers enclosed the dining patio. Chambers went to USC School of Architecture and was working in the Albert Frey and John Porter Clark office at the time, but this was a solo project.  Photo: New York Times According to the article, Tom contacted Alexandra Cunni...

  A Light Puff by Sesto Chiarello. They were shown in Good Design 1954 and California Design 1 Ridi and Otto Kolb lamp for Kolb Associates George Nelson trays with Sphere of Influence design for Schiffer Prints This is part of the Schiffer Prints Stimulus fabrics line.

  A Tony Hill ceramic bowl (front) with a very Lukens influenced look. I put it on my coffee table already. Right next to Glen Lukens and Doyle Lane. Another Good Design catalog. I think I have all the years covered now. Also a period photo of Erwine & Estelle Laverne. And an Eames album cover,

  Wood sculpture Eames paper Good Design Iron Prescolite lamp and some metal Richard Gaelf and Scandi wood

  Back to regular scheduled programming. Stuff from the past few weekends. VKG Souvenirs from Mexico City Eames, Martz and Stan Bitters Josef Frank Good Design

La Gardo Tackett and Hans Bellmann  Roy McMakin Van Keppel Green and Ferris Shaknove Ellamarie Woolley MillerKnoll A couple friends made a Good Design tote and gave me one. Speaking of friends, there's nothing like getting a group together in a parking lot at 4am on a Sunday morning.  It was  Downtown Modernism . This is pretty much my favorite flea market these days. The 8am view

  Eames, Girard and Tackett MoMA Good Design Euro lamps, including Paavo Tynell Dog fire dogs