http://franingram.wordpress.com furniture old and new, interior design, past and present, possibilities and challenges, thoughts and trends Mon, 04 May 2009 19:16:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://franingram.wordpress.com http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/hans-olsens-bikini-chair/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/hans-olsens-bikini-chair/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 19:16:49 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=417 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/hans-olsens-bikini-chair/feed/ 1 Fran bikini chair, hans olsen http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/faux-bamboo-furniture-in-hollywood-regency-design/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/faux-bamboo-furniture-in-hollywood-regency-design/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 18:29:00 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=405 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/faux-bamboo-furniture-in-hollywood-regency-design/feed/ 1 Fran Oriental Chinese style (20th Cent) faux bamboo altar console table with carved teak floral filigree apron faux bamboo chair faux bamboo mirror scaffolding in HK bamboo at kanapaha botanical gardens, gainesville, florida natural bamboo Faux Bamboo (Italian 1940s) style gilt metal nest of 3 coffee tables with rectangular glass tops http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/pantons-unlikely-chairs/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/pantons-unlikely-chairs/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:18:46 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=392 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/pantons-unlikely-chairs/feed/ 1 Fran vernon panton cone chair @ retrodecades.com the panton chair, 1960 phantasy landscape, verner panton, 1970 vintage cone chairs, denmark vintage heart cone chair http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/george-nakashima-and-burlwood-furniture-design/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/george-nakashima-and-burlwood-furniture-design/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:43:41 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=382 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/george-nakashima-and-burlwood-furniture-design/feed/ 0 Fran redwood burl top table, nakashima burr on black poplar burr on a larch tree in scotland burlwood bench @ artcollector-usa burlwood bench @ artcollector-usa nakashima dining table burlwood and glass end table @ TSandCompany cabinet, george nakishima, @ treadwaygallery.com http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/jens-risom-living-and-working-past-92/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/jens-risom-living-and-working-past-92/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:29:33 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=373 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/jens-risom-living-and-working-past-92/feed/ 1 Fran 2008, jens risom (age 92), with dwr design studio, originally designed in 1949 for the caribe hilton hotel in puerto rico. http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/vladimir-kagan-furniture-design-and-the-lounge-search/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/vladimir-kagan-furniture-design-and-the-lounge-search/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:29:50 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=365 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/vladimir-kagan-furniture-design-and-the-lounge-search/feed/ 0 Fran vladimir kagan chairs and table vladimir kagan multi position aluminum frame lounge chair @ vladimirkagan.com contour high backed lounge chair, walnut frame @ vladimirkagan.com erica chaise @ vladimirkagan.com outdoor chaise, 1960s @ architonic.com http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/bold-surreal-josef-frank-fabric-and-furniture-design/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/bold-surreal-josef-frank-fabric-and-furniture-design/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:49:02 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=340 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/bold-surreal-josef-frank-fabric-and-furniture-design/feed/ 1 Fran Svenskt Tenn at Strandvägen in Stockholm vegetable tree, josef frank dixieland, josef frank Gröna fåglar, cotton catleya, josef frank teheran, black, josef frank us tree, josef frank Easy chair 568, josef frank, 1936 easy chair, 336, josef frank Sofa 968, josef frank chair, josef frank Gösta Glase) http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/geometric-furniture-design-by-frank-lloyd-wright/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/geometric-furniture-design-by-frank-lloyd-wright/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:50:25 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=308 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/geometric-furniture-design-by-frank-lloyd-wright/feed/ 1 Fran fallingwater, frank lloyd wright living room at fallingwater living room at fallingwater desk and chair at fallingwater copy of the wright barrel chair, made for the dining area at fallingwater 1937 desk chair wright side chair 1895 Frank Lloyd Wrights 1949 Taliesin Origami Chair http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/hollywood-regency-interior-design-glamorous-and-dusty/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/hollywood-regency-interior-design-glamorous-and-dusty/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:29:00 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=276 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/hollywood-regency-interior-design-glamorous-and-dusty/feed/ 0 Fran creamy vintage paris boudoir vanity chair william haines interior william haines The lobby of the Hampshire House, completed in 1937 dorothy draper http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/globalization-interior-design-and-art-nouveau/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/globalization-interior-design-and-art-nouveau/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:51:04 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=251 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/globalization-interior-design-and-art-nouveau/feed/ 0 Fran Tassel House, Brussels, 1893, Victor Horta, First floor landing with view toward staircase Orchid desk, Louis Majorelle and Daum Frères, mahogany, gilded bronze, and glass Vilmos Zsolnay Vase, 1899, Hungary the ladies luncheon Room, ingram Street, glasgow, scotland, 1900, charles rennie mackintosh and margaret macdonald. http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/adjustable-lounge-chair-by-william-morris-the-socialist-dreamer/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/adjustable-lounge-chair-by-william-morris-the-socialist-dreamer/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:48:15 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=232 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/adjustable-lounge-chair-by-william-morris-the-socialist-dreamer/feed/ 1 Fran morris chair, desert craftsman, phoenix, arizona morris chair, copy, from 1866 drawing Morris chair by L. & J. G. Stickley Sitzmaschine Chair with Adjustable Back (model 670). c. 1905. http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/kohn-bent-wood-baby-cradle-furniture-design-find-at-moma/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/kohn-bent-wood-baby-cradle-furniture-design-find-at-moma/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:28:07 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=223 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/kohn-bent-wood-baby-cradle-furniture-design-find-at-moma/feed/ 2 Fran Childs Cradle. c. 1895. Ebonized bentwood, http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/furniture-design-wood-chairs-alvar-aalto-and-my-dad/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/furniture-design-wood-chairs-alvar-aalto-and-my-dad/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:21:56 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=202 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/furniture-design-wood-chairs-alvar-aalto-and-my-dad/feed/ 0 Fran chaise-lounge model 43, alvar aalto, finland 1936 Alvar Aalto stool 60 new forest, hampshire, england new forest timber, an old source for ship building in old england http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/high-brow-furniture-website-a-great-find-in-my-lounge-chair-search/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/high-brow-furniture-website-a-great-find-in-my-lounge-chair-search/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:07:34 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=209 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/high-brow-furniture-website-a-great-find-in-my-lounge-chair-search/feed/ 1 Fran wegner folding chair wegner folding chair with hanger http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/in-search-of-the-perfect-lounge-chair-betty-joel-and-art-deco/ http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/in-search-of-the-perfect-lounge-chair-betty-joel-and-art-deco/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:38:15 +0000 Fran http://franingram.wordpress.com/?p=182 ]]> http://franingram.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/in-search-of-the-perfect-lounge-chair-betty-joel-and-art-deco/feed/ 0 Fran Betty Joel), $37.000 at newel Betty Joel 1894 – 1985, british art deco designer art deco chaise-longue, by betty joel, england 1930