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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 14, 2013 11:03 PM I was musing about the fact that I had never seen such a rattan TV cabinet before, and that he had those photos: Considering the owner designed the pole lamp, perhaps he was into rattan furniture design in the early 50s, and the cabinet was his creation? Perhaps he worked with the Ritts company or another LA-based rattan furniture maker in creating it? Those B&W photos sure look like sales photos, and the fact that he kept them all these years might indicate that he was not just a buyer, but the maker and seller. I wonder what the owner's name was...maybe the folks at O.A. know something. P.S.: What I am looking for otherwise, for my show, is something like this: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-04-14 23:37 ]

I was musing about the fact that I had never seen such a rattan TV cabinet before, and that he had those photos:

Considering the owner designed the pole lamp, perhaps he was into rattan furniture design in the early 50s, and the cabinet was his creation? Perhaps he worked with the Ritts company or another LA-based rattan furniture maker in creating it?

Those B&W photos sure look like sales photos, and the fact that he kept them all these years might indicate that he was not just a buyer, but the maker and seller.

I wonder what the owner's name was...maybe the folks at O.A. know something.

P.S.: What I am looking for otherwise, for my show, is something like this:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-04-14 23:37 ]

Post #674412 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Apr 14, 2013 11:03 PM