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A Bizarre "Mid Century Modern" Triangular Console Table
Here's a strange piece of furniture I can't take my eyes off of. I spotted this rather extreme triangular console table on an auction site:
It's nearly 7' long, and 20" wide at its widest point. The auctioneer has branded it "Mid Century Modern," but there's no designer attributed (nor evidence that some dude didn't just build this in his garage). They also suggest the table was designed "in the manner of Harvey Probber."
That seems a stretch. Furniture designer Probber, who studied at Pratt and started his own furniture business in the 1940s, did in fact design a mid-century triangular table, but it was a somewhat more rational right triangle:
For the first table, I'm going to stick with the guy-in-garage theory. If I'm wrong and you know who designed this, please comment and I'll attribute it.
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The 2nd table integrates with modular seating. The angle of the 1rst table might match a custom seating group.
OMG!!! That's the exact shape of the hole in my soul.
Upscale ironing board for the bored, monied housewife on a domestic chore "adventure".
I'd like to think there are an additional 11 tables missing and together they make a perfect circle.
That first table feels like it's missing its context. As if it was originally made to integrate into a specific space and use, and is now just a weird orphan with all that stripped away.
Maybe it was made by a Lego fan to display their prized possession...