Bingster Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 I've seen threads in the past that ask what we do for a living. Since you folks are very interested in the past as I am, I'm attching some photos of a new Streamline Moderne End Table that I have designed and built. It's being advertised in Modernism Magazine and it's the first piece in what I hope to be an ensemble. Quote
Reg Evans Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 Wow ! That's really nice. That would fit right in to my house under this style of clock. Quote
Bingster Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Posted May 21, 2011 Yep, Reg. Nice clock! That's the period. The 1930's. After the crash of '29, we went through a technological period kicked off by the Burlington Zephr, DC-1, and many other streamlined planes, ships & trains that morphed into industrial designers like Raymond Loewy transforming product lines from toasters to refrigerators to, well, clocks, into this new style that promised hope for the future. Your clock is a classic example how how far reaching the Streamline Moderne was. You still see old buildings with that style lettering or design with rounded corners and the "speed lines" like your clock. I used to ride the passenger trains of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the SF Bay Area when I was a kid in the sixties, and they were running old cars built in 1936-41 whose interiors were pure metal decoration. Grilles, port holes, trim, etc. In this furniture piece I incorporated all the motifs that I liked about that era. Quote
Greenbomb Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 That's cool! i hope you do well with it. Quote
Reg Evans Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 How would I look into purchasing one of the tables ? Quote
claybill Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 save your money REG..that's a quality piece.!! bill Quote
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