Mid Century Furniture Finds and Restorations: May 2011

Sunday, May 29, 2011

High backed upholstered chair

We have a pair of theses and absolutely love them. They need nothing.

Wood veneer Credenza

I'm going to attempt to remove the cracked veneer from the sides of this unit and replace them with new veneer. This will be something I haven't done before.

Black Formica Parsons Table

This is a really nice Parsons table. I've never repaired formica before but we'll see how it goes...

Trio of industrial chairs by Lyon

Set of Rude Osolnick Candlesticks

I've had these for a couple of years and just found out this week who made them. Learn all about him here: http://www.rudeosolnik.com

Friday, May 27, 2011

The top clock is a Herman Miller Clock Designed by Arthur Umanoff. Khaki in color, works but needs to be cleaned inside the lens. The starburst clock works but needs new electrical wire and a good cleaning. Don't know the maker.

Formica? Wood look Mid century side table and Eyeball lamp

No markings on the table or lamp. Anyone have any ideas?

Mid Century Glass, wood and formica? side table

No maker's marks, any help? Really like the shape of the legs on this table.

Brushed brass and chrome Mid century lamp

This is one of the first items that my wife, Leigh, and I purchased together

Mid century wood veneer lamp

Mid century Eames Style Slat bench/tablemarked Yugoslavia

I was looking for the larger sized table for a looong time. Actually piucked up the small one at Granny's Attic in northern Jersey and a week later found the large one at Suburban Groove in Bedford NY. Small one is large one has a curved slat and needs to be refinished. in perfect condition,

Chrome and leather rocking chair

Chrome is in great shape. the leather on this chair is really thick but a little dried out. Just purchased leather conditioner and a leather cleaner. Really nice chair to look at and sit in. No maker's mark. Any ideas??

Selig Barcelona knockoff chairs

The vinyl cushions are in perfect shape and must have been replaced fairly recently. Chrome was pretty pitted and rusted. So far just gave it a really good cleaning and scrubbed all the surface rust off. I'm in the process of acquiring a chrome plating kit and will try to teach myself before re-chroming these two.

Wood and metal side table

No maker's mark. Completely stripped the metal base and primed and repainted. In the process of sanding and refinishing the top. Any ideas who this was made by?

Joe Columbo Storage unit

I'm going to use an automobile headlight lens restoring kit to try to take all of the minor scratches out of this. If it works this item will be for sale as well. I will post before, during and after pics as well.

Mid century Ceramic glazed lamps

Just need a good cleaning and new electrical. Will be for sale soon!

Nice Ceramic lamp

This lamp just needs new electrical and a shade. Otherwise in perfect shape!

Cork Mid Century lamps

This is something I've never done. I'm going to attempt to repair the damaged cork in these lamps. Any ideas? I'll also sand and refinish the necks and replace all the electrical.

Tension Lamp

Fun tension lamp we picked up from a local antique shop in Nyack. Town Crier Antiques South Broadway Nyack.

Scoop Chair by Carter Brothers

I have a pair of these Scoop Chairs by Carter Brothers. I have removed the cushions and will sand and refinish the wood. There are some minor chips and many many staple holes where the cushions were attached to the wood.

Unknown Maker

There are no maker's marks on this chair but the price was right and I liked it. Anyone have any ideas?

Eero Saarinen Tulip Chair

This chair is in pretty bad shape. It's going to need a new cushion, swivel hardware and needs to have cracks fixed and be painted. This one's going to take a liitle while to do!

Series 7 Chair

I purchased this chair for $5 at a junk shop. It was painted with red house paint and was in really bad shape. So far I have disassembled the entire chair and stripped the paint to reveal the original white finish. More pics to come as I finish this restoration.