My Mid Century Room

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English walnut two-door display cabinet french-polished in blonde shellac high-gloss as per original specifications.

1970s Australian-made Tessa brand TV swivel chairs. Arms and base restored in 60% satin lacquer as per original specifications.

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T.H. Brown propeller table with vinyl pouffes and glass top. Fully restored blackwood frame in clear 60% satin lacquer.

1967 Kreisler Multi-Sonic stereo hi-fi. Cabinet constructed of sepelle veneered panels relacquered in high gloss as per original specifications.

1950s Danish mahogany lamp with original shade. Restored in high gloss lacquer as per original specifications.

My Mid Century Room

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This room reflects my perception of the 60s as a decade of immense change, from rock’n’roll, the birth-control pill, civil rights movements, LSD, Vietnam, and much much more. A powerful bold interior with a comfortable ambience combining 1950s Danish design with 1960s pop art. Sitting in a Tessa swivel chair, listening to Willie Nelson’s nylon string guitar through the Kriesler multi-sonic whilst drinking tea with a friend. There is a heaven

  • Tonal harmony of carpet, walls, fire surround, wallpaper back colour, standard lampshade, stereo speaker covers and curtain leaf pattern
  • The T.H. Brown propeller table echoed in block pattern wallpaper and referenced in downed fighter plane in Bruce Vinall’s collage “1939”
  • Chimney breast wall colour matched to curtain background colour, contrasting pleasingly with dark chocolate corduroy of Tessa TV swivel chairs
  • African theme created by giraffe pattern chaise lounge, life size porcelain cheetah, 1960s Barsony lady lamps and 2 large African style vases
  • Architecture of walnut display cabinet maintains a visual rhyme with the wallpaper block pattern