I will soon try to update some pictures from my rooms but that is not easy. Since we have a new born boy plus the 2 year old twins, our time is not really there. Also I have repainted the exterior of the house and almost finished the reparation of the kitchen. Then my usual […]
After many hours of work I have now managed to get all the white paint from the table. This early table from Plus Linje was made 1959/60. After that, these tables had four legs in the crossfoot instead of three.
The table is getting better and better. The edges are now without paint and the plate will soon be clean from paint. It was very good to use a razorblade and a heating machine for the large areas of paint. Then I did a small test with a rubber to take away some small rest. […]
After some hours with razorblade and a heating pistol… The white paint is not original so therefor I will try remove the paint with razorblade and some heat… A lot of work but probably worth it!
Thomas in Norway has founded another picture from his exhibition “A sence of darkness – Verner Pantons Astoria restaurant”. “Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum” in Trondheim had the exhibition in 2002. This picture shows the the original dresses in orange cotton that the waitresses were using at the restaurant in Trondheim 1959/60. The dress is probably designed by […]
My norweigian friend Thomas founded another picture from the Copenhagen Modernism show, this time from 2003. This is the fair stand for the shop “gagarin” in Stuttgart. The flowers are the price for best fair stand and he also won a free space the next year. Unfortunatelly the fair did not continue the year after. […]
Here comes some better pictures from the latest trip. First you can see a low Cone table from 1959/60. There is also a note under it that says ” Dranella – Stand C1 – 005 – Bella Center” The first edition of these table had a three crossed foot instead of four. So I guess […]
Here is a small sample of the fabric that originally were printed for the Astoria restaurant project 1959/60. These colours were not used in the norweigian restaurant but this very fabric was used for a barber shop in Copenhagen 1963 – Steens! This handprinted fabric were produced in the attic at Sølvgade in Copenhagen. Unika […]
Here we have a restauration project… These two seating modules of the Pantonova sofa needs to be cleaned and fixed. They booth had a purple fabric over the old original fabric in orange Miralastic. Well almost… There were only one module that had the original fabric under. I saw it first when I came home. […]