Post #372555 by ManFromT.I.K.I. on Tue, Apr 8, 2008 8:14 PM

No, I confess I didn't previously own a copy of Tiki Modern, but I'm happy to report that situation has been remedied thanks to Amazon. I'm really looking forward to it.

That particular Witco style (I've seen it referred to as Conquistador?) seems very familiar growing up in the 70's. Mediterranean or "Spanish" style furniture was all the rage, and we had plenty of it. Extremely dark, heavy, faux rough hewn, I'm sure everyone my age knows it well. It went with those watermellon-sized amber glass hanging chain lamps with lots of antique brass. The color accents of the day, avocado, orange and gold really set it all off.

Not saying we had Witco in the house, just that Witco seemed to be at the forefront of yet another general fashion trend in America's fascination with the culturally "exotic".

I'm not sure if books or websites like this are really good for me. They keep creating need where there previously wasn't any. For instance, now I want a metal Witco sculpture.