FDB Mobler Chair - Pembroke Value Village $5

 

It seems that the Pembroke Value Village rarely has the goods anymore these days. They cut back bigtime on furniture to make room for more overpriced Gap mom jeans. That said, I have had a few epic scores there so it always lures me back. I dropped the hammer on this beatup yellow chair for $5, it's paint splattered and has a dogchewed corner. When I was putting it in the back I scoped 'Denmark' impressed on the underside of the seat. I'm way miopic, so it wasn't until Sonya arrived that she said it had the initials F.D.B. on it as well. It seems these were designed by Folke Palsson for F.D.B. Mobler. The chair is really comfortable, it cups the back really nicely. Sadly, I missed out on a set of 4 these with their original primary paint scheme for $50 over the summer because we were too broke. Oh well.

Midcentury Steel & Teak Tea Set

 

Another tea set! This was a $19.99 eBay purchase. I think it's actually meant for coffee rather than tea.

Walter Nugent Lounge Chair - circa 1960

  

 

It has taken me a few months to ID this Walter Nugent chair. I believe it's a variation on his C-15 lounge chair.This one has rounded legs and seem to have a lower stance than the one on the Canadian Design Resource site (which is the greatest Canadian design site around). There are another couple of different one on Flicker as well. I guess Nugent knocked these out for a decade or so, starting around 1960. The element that gives it away for me, are the chair's arms, there's a distinctive flair in the back 1/3 of the arms.

I love this little guy - we picked him up on the westside of Ottawa (home of best thrifting in Canada) one afternoon. The original upholstery was redone at some point with this jaunty grey wool stripe, there were no tags underneath. I think the wood is teak, but it may be oak or maple (actually it's made from walnut, Thanks John!).

Danish Furniture Importing Company Ltd. - Pair of midcentury modern teak dining chairs

Actually I'm not sure if these chairs are teak or stained oak, but the label says they were made by the Danish Furniture Importing Company Ltd.. Google didn't generate a single hit on this Toronto based company, but the chairs look mid-60's or so. They kind of faintly remind me of Hans Wegner designs. At some point they were reupholstered and one chair is missing a back slat. I assume they're dining chairs from their high backs. We scored them from one of our 'down-low' spots way west of Ottawa, $10 for the pair. I don't think they'll get used by us, as we already have the sweetest dining room set ever made by a Canadian in the last century (and to be featured here later this spring, so please check back!).

Danish Teak Two Tier Tray "Made in Denmark"

We scored at the Deep River weekly thrift. $1.

Arthur R. Ball Co. Ltd. pair midcentury Mad Men leather office chairs

 

This is the awesome set of chairs we scored last year at this killer thrift in Toronto at Dundas & Broadview. I could imagine these sitting in Don Draper's office, but for now they're in our offices. They're made by Arthur R. Ball Co. Ltd., of Toronto. Google didn't pull any relevant info on Arthur Ball, but these Canadian-made Danish-style chairs appear to be made of oak, and stained to a teak colour. They're construction is fabulous, there's lovely bentwood arms, and great little cutaways on the backs of the chair runners that really add a lot of sophistication. I love them, they cost $20 apiece.

Jens Risom Danish midcentury T 432 Walnut End Table 1950

So here's this small coffee table that Sonya spotted at a westside Salvation Army that always has the gold. I wasn't particularly impressed, but I could tell from her sly grin that the game was on. She flipped the table over to show me the 'Jens Risom Design' label and suddenly the table looked a whole lot better!

Once we got home a little google search revelead that this is a 'T 432' end table, from 1950. This one has its original formica top that is missing its edging trim. The wood has a few small scuffs and scrapes, but overall its in great shape. I love the little cutouts on the legs underneath the table base, it's gives a great lightness and understated sophistication.