送舊不迎新 I

Finally I've started selling my furniture in preparation for moving back to Toronto. It's indeed painful parting with them--not only because each of them is a piece of art to me, there is also a story I can tell behind each and every piece I obtained one by one over a period of almost a year.

This is the No. 3107 designed by Arne Jacobsen, a Danish architect and designer. The chair's predecessor, No. 4130 was awarded a Grand Prix at the Milan XI Tirennale in 1957, which basically the same same chair with a wooden base. The teak-faced moulded plywood seat connected to chromed bent tubular steel base with rubber cap. Although it appears to be a simple chair, the moulding of the continuous plywood seat and back is a complex process. It was said that this design was influenced by the Eameses' earlier designs.





This is one of my favorite chairs. It is a very high quality reproduction of the lounge chair Model No. 670 designed by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller in the 1950's. The original design was based on a prototype exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition in 1940. This model was the Eameses' most constructional complex chair and their first design for the luxury end of the market. This particular chair is constructed by moulded plywood seat shells with leather-covered cushions, cast aluminium base. I obtained it through a colleague of my former company.



(Information courtesy of Jeremy Schneyer, co-owner of Collective in Ballard) This chair is referred to as "Falcon" chair, and was designed in the early 1970s by Sigurd Ressel for Vatne Mobler, a Norwegian furniture maker.

The frame is molded rosewood plywood frame with polished chrome flat bar steel fittings supports canvas sling seat with removable tufted leather cushion.





This platform bed is a classic Danish mod design. This particular design is unique since the base is smaller than the upper layer so that it is sort of hidden underneath, featuring a light and flying aesthetic. With the pair of drawers floating on the sides of the bed, the essence of space age is revealed. I believe this particular bed is made in North America using composit wood with teak-like wood covering. This bed was shipped from California, and despite its simple design, it took me several hours to assemble it. For one thing, the wood is very heavy. And the wood pieces look more or less the same so it's like solving a puzzle.