Esoteric Survey

This post is the stuff from the weekend before last. I'm catching up. Paul Rand and a chair frame by the Martins. I'll go more in depth on them later. L-shaped coffee table Robert Maxwell Ruth Asawa from 1997

  Malibu Furniture Company Robert Maxwell x 2

 Earthgender, Robert Maxwell, La Gardo Tackett, Paul McCobb, Soleri Felmore fire tools (first time seeing outside of a period ad) and Victor Bisharat plant stand

  Eames and Paavo Tynell Smalls, including David Stewart, Martz, Peter Shire, Robert Maxwell, Wayne Chapman and Paul Rand More reading material

  Luther Conover on the bottom and a mystery table on the top. Jerry Glaser, Hal Fromhold and Robert Maxwell Here's a closer look at the Jerry Glaser bowl and that magnificent carving. Hal Fromhold

  Robert Maxwell, La Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery,  Meridian Howard Miller Clock and table by Luther Conover Enamel by James Parker

Marilyn Kay Austin, David Cressey, Robert Maxwell and Bill Curry Design Line lamp. This bowl seems pretty special. It's a typical Cressey flame glaze but I don't remember seeing a piece decorated on the inside like this. This weekend of picking was really good but this Ubunji Kidokoro chair is what I was most excited to find. It's made of bamboo and was designed in 1937. I included a similar design in a post I did on  Charlotte Perriand in Japan .  Early Peter Voulkos Tapio Wirkkala Puukko Knife   I had one of these years ago and had to throw it away. I brought it with me to a trip to Arcosanti and accidentally left it in my bag until my next trip, which was to Detroit. TSA made me throw it away. I'm glad to have one back in my life. It's the ultimate package opener. Large Soleri bell

Paul McCobb, Tony Paul and Robert Maxwell Alvin Lustig A nice book weekend overall. I'm especially excited to get the Antonin Raymond Architectural Details book again. I had it in the past and lost it in a trade.

  Henry Takemoto! VKG, La Gardo Tackett fort Architectural Pottery, smalls and a lamp designed in 1951 by a  California designer (more to come... hopefully) La Gardo Tackett Robert Maxwell

Robert Maxwell, David Stewart and some Scandi-smalls. La Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery Alexander Girard fabric Pottery Shack yard stick. Pottery Shack was located on Coast Highway in South Laguna. It was established in 1936 with a truckload of Bauer factory seconds. In addition to production California dinnerware like Metlox, Vernon, Red Wing and Harker; they held pottery and glass blowing demonstrations. The work from the demonstrations was then sold in the shop.  If you've done much ceramic shopping in California, you have no doubt turned a few pots over to find "Pottery Shack" and a last name inscribed into the bottom. Some of them are decent and some not so much. Singleton is a name often seen, who turns out to be Rita. Lyman is another, but Taylor is the only one I could find a little information on.  Here's Jack Taylor at his Pottery Shack wheel in 1963. He moved to Laguna Beach in 1945. Trained as a  painter, he had never thrown a pot before moving to...

Smalls - Robert Maxwell critters, Robert Long for Stuart Barnes lamp and a George Nelson clock Wood animals by John Dirks Dirks, Tackett and Woolley

Incantation textile panels, designed by Alvin Lustig, 1947. Produced by Laverne Originals Robert Maxwell and bookends

Martin Perfit for Rene Brancusi table,  Earthgender pot and magazine holder by  Tony Paul for Woodlin-Hall Jack Boyd Good California paper stack There's something important hiding back there. John Follis file Eames Very serious stuff