PANTONOVA COAT STAND
Today I unwrapped the big box that came yesterday and here you can see what it was. A Pantonova Coat Stand made by Lüber in 1971. This is the chromed version and in my eyes the best looking one.
VERNER PANTON WEG
At last! Verner has now got a road of his own. The “Verner Panton-weg” is close to the Vitra designmuseum in Weil Am Rhein, Germany. Marianne Panton was there to open it (see the picture). You can read more about it here: http://www.vitra.com/en-us/collage/architecture/verner-panton-weg/
SOME PANTON MEMORIES
Geometri 1 fabrics on the walls. Probably a fair in at the company Ahrend in Holland 1962/63. Dutch architects visiting MIRA-X in Hannover. Hannover. My friend with his cool tie! MIRA-X fair in Hannover.
OPENING OF THE VARNA RESTAURANT 1971
Marianne and Verner Panton at the opening of Varna restaurant 1971. The restaurant. I guess the balls didn´t smell that good after some years of heavy smoking in there… You don´t see these thick velour dresses so often these days…
MIRA-X PARTY
Velcome to a real MIRA-X party! (MIRA-X is the swiss company that made the biggest part of all Verner Panton fabrics). These pictures comes from a party 1985 in Hamburg. Where is that horse-dress now???
SUPER RARE STORZ & PALMER SET FROM 1962
Yesterday, I picked up this super rare set of two chairs made by Storz and Palmer 1962. Very few pieces of these early Verner Panton chairs is known, especially the stool without back rest. According to Marianne Panton, (wich I spoke to about this chair) this is not a chaise longue in two parts […]
SOFT LINE ARMCHAIR TO A GERMAN COLLECTOR
Here comes some pictures from a German fellow collector. He collects only furnitures. He just recently bought this purple armchair from the SOFT LINE SERIES made for the VISIONA 2 exhibition in Cologne. A really cool piece! (There is a SITTING WHEEL in the foreground).
“LARGE CURVE” CURTAIN + FRAME
The long multicloured “LARGE CURVE”-fabric in velour I just bought have now turned into one perfect curtain – and one large frame. I have the inverted “LARGE CURVE” in multicoloured velour since earlier:
A “NEW” PANTONOVA CHAISE LONGUE
My Pantonova chaise longue from 1971 was a bit bleached by the sun. I took it to a professional reupholsterer in Göteborg. He is one of the best in Sweden. I asked him if it was possible to separate all the fabrics from the cushions and then sew it back together inside out. And […]