Esoteric Survey

  Amy Donaldson vase on a Henry P. Glass table model  Danish table From the famed Illums Bolighus store in Denmark

I haven't heard all that much about the Brooklyn Museum (although they are getting some flack as of late). In fact, a few people who live in New York mentioned they have never been to the museum when I posted some pictures on Instagram. It was well worth the trip. Museum Spotlight: Mid-Century Decorative Arts and Design is a current exhibition taking place. There are many examples by designers you would expect, like Eames and Nelson. However, as you'll see, the museum's collection is pretty interesting and includes a wide range of more obscure names. The age old question. Natzler Aalto, Eames and Mollino Japanese Modern:  Ubunji Kidokoro and Sori Yanagi. Kind of a missed opportunity not to display the Aalto next to the Kidokoro chair if you ask me. After all, that's what Perriand did.  More about that here .  Gerrit Rietveld The POMO and Contemporary section Sottsass There is an Art Deco room you can peer into.  My favorite part of the museum is the Luce Visible S...

 Back to my trip to New York. It was a short one, so I was only able to go to two shops.  Being a longtime fan of Weinberg Modern , I'm so glad I was able to visit the showroom in Tribeca. Larry has been in the business since the early 1990's, He's been dedicated to an academic approach that involves the rediscovery of some of the more obscure designers from the late late 1940s and 1950s. In addition to many rare examples by designers such as Henry P Glass, Bill Lam and Greta Grossman, the collection of books and catalogs is just incredible.   Ralph Rapson rocker and Fran Hosken table Some of the great titles at Weinberg Modern Books A Bill Lam lamp on a cabinet by Elaine Lustig Cohen, and a rare stool by elite east coast iron guy Darrell Landrum. Speaking of Bill Lam, I've never seen another one of these.  This is truly a unicorn. A lamp by Jo Mead Designs. Here is another look at the Henry P Glass lounge, a prototype. Eames designs always holds their...

  Stools by Henry P. Glass David Stewart creamer and two more Japanese books from a set that focuses on design details.  Here is my whole set.

Sori Yanagi butterfly stool, Marilyn Kay Austin and Hugh Acton bench Henry P Glass book cart and a stool David Cressey ashtrays for Architectural Pottery and La Gardo Tackett. I stopped at the dunes on the way home from Arizona.