Is this kitsch or just butt ugly?
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I love it!!
It'd go perfectly with the world's tackiest lamp - a tiger (with a light inside so its 'eyes' light up) on a bed of electric roses.
Good save, I say!!
It'd go perfectly with the world's tackiest lamp - a tiger (with a light inside so its 'eyes' light up) on a bed of electric roses.
Good save, I say!!
My question is.......
What the hell is it???
Is it an ottoman or a stool or a chair... or is it something you just place in the room to look (clears throat) pretty??
I think it's interesting for (only) a minute or two but that's it, so it's probably more "kitsch" then ugly. But it's definately NOT my "style" so it would have stayed on the side of the road!
What the hell is it???
Is it an ottoman or a stool or a chair... or is it something you just place in the room to look (clears throat) pretty??
I think it's interesting for (only) a minute or two but that's it, so it's probably more "kitsch" then ugly. But it's definately NOT my "style" so it would have stayed on the side of the road!
whirlcool
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I say Kitsch, but those flowers inside remind me of a funeral arrangement!
Judging by the legs on the thing, I would date it at 1960 or so and it could even be called by some to be "Eames Era".
Judging by the legs on the thing, I would date it at 1960 or so and it could even be called by some to be "Eames Era".
I'm sure it's kitsch...
I'm sure it's very ugly too...
I'M SURE I LOVE IT!
I'm sure it's very ugly too...
I'M SURE I LOVE IT!
ptcruiser51
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Anyone remember
those things that you bought dried-out and put them in a fancy bowl filled with water and they "bloomed" into a fern or something similar? My OL used to have one on the dining room table years ago. You could remove it, rinse it under running water, let it dry out and do it all over again (so you could clean the bowl occasionally from room dust, etc.) I can't remember what they were called or where you could buy them if they're still around. That's what the footstool reminded me of.
those things that you bought dried-out and put them in a fancy bowl filled with water and they "bloomed" into a fern or something similar? My OL used to have one on the dining room table years ago. You could remove it, rinse it under running water, let it dry out and do it all over again (so you could clean the bowl occasionally from room dust, etc.) I can't remember what they were called or where you could buy them if they're still around. That's what the footstool reminded me of.
estatesale_gary
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I never promised you a rose garden....
Saw one of these recently at a local "modern" shop...sold for $75. I've picked up alot uglier stuff from the side of the road.
Saw one of these recently at a local "modern" shop...sold for $75. I've picked up alot uglier stuff from the side of the road.
PT--
those are called "resurrection plants." Some magazines like Old Farmer's Almanac or Saturday Evening Post will have ads for them once in a while.
I prefer the "crystal gardens" one can make with salt and Mrs Stewart's bluing.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
those are called "resurrection plants." Some magazines like Old Farmer's Almanac or Saturday Evening Post will have ads for them once in a while.
I prefer the "crystal gardens" one can make with salt and Mrs Stewart's bluing.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
perc-o-prince
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Lawrence beat me to the punch-
They are called resurrection plants as he said, and I've seen them advertized in the coupon flyers that come with the Sunday Globe. I'll have to see if I can find one and scan it.
As for the subject of this thread, I'd have come to a screeching halt to grab it (Rich is used to hanging on for sudden maneuvers when I spot something)! It's no worse than any of our TV lamps, Chinese Moderne figures (as Lucy says, 'looks like a nightmare you'd have after eating too much Chinese food'), or any of the other miscellaneous crap, I mean treasures, we've been accumulating!!! We've seen several at the shops and shows, but nothing with that much personality and color!
I vote for NICE SCORE!!
Chuck
They are called resurrection plants as he said, and I've seen them advertized in the coupon flyers that come with the Sunday Globe. I'll have to see if I can find one and scan it.
As for the subject of this thread, I'd have come to a screeching halt to grab it (Rich is used to hanging on for sudden maneuvers when I spot something)! It's no worse than any of our TV lamps, Chinese Moderne figures (as Lucy says, 'looks like a nightmare you'd have after eating too much Chinese food'), or any of the other miscellaneous crap, I mean treasures, we've been accumulating!!! We've seen several at the shops and shows, but nothing with that much personality and color!
I vote for NICE SCORE!!
Chuck
perc-o-prince
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Just took a quick look, and here's an on-line ad for the Resurrection Plant. IIRC, it looks like the exact ad I've seen recently in the papers!
Chuck
Chuck
bigbubbacain
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HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT???? LOL
Not for me, mind you. Every year these crazy friends of mine have a gift exchange for their Xmas party and the object is to come up with a really heinous gift. I think the room would go silent with this one.
Not for me, mind you. Every year these crazy friends of mine have a gift exchange for their Xmas party and the object is to come up with a really heinous gift. I think the room would go silent with this one.
It sort of makes my skin crawl to imagine the type of person who bought such a thing, originally.
How dreadful must the rest of their home look to think that this would have made it look better.
How dreadful must the rest of their home look to think that this would have made it look better.
fugly
It looks like a television set gone bad in 3D! But it is damned collectible for sure. Artificial 1950's life imitations were everywhere. I have a lamp that has plastic pathos climbing forever upwards!
All this furniture was designed to survive nuclear attack and let you know what the world looked like before.
It looks like a television set gone bad in 3D! But it is damned collectible for sure. Artificial 1950's life imitations were everywhere. I have a lamp that has plastic pathos climbing forever upwards!
All this furniture was designed to survive nuclear attack and let you know what the world looked like before.
Words fail me
I think it is really quite something.
Vaguely recollect seeing such things in those three-color inserts they used to have in the Sunday papers - all those wonderful things you could send off for by mail-order, back in the 1960's.
And that is where I think I'd place it, early 1960's.
And then leave it.
(Of course, I did have a boyfriend who actually liked Elvis on velvet and the clowns, weeping in bas-relief and those gawd-awful poodles on ceramic mugs, well, least said, soonst, mended. He had a big heart and was otherwise a sweet guy).
I think it is really quite something.
Vaguely recollect seeing such things in those three-color inserts they used to have in the Sunday papers - all those wonderful things you could send off for by mail-order, back in the 1960's.
And that is where I think I'd place it, early 1960's.
And then leave it.
(Of course, I did have a boyfriend who actually liked Elvis on velvet and the clowns, weeping in bas-relief and those gawd-awful poodles on ceramic mugs, well, least said, soonst, mended. He had a big heart and was otherwise a sweet guy).
ptcruiser51
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Thanx, friends!
I asked my OL and she seems to think it was called a "water rose" (???) Now that I have a possible source I'm going to try to send for one, just for the novelty of it. I have a depression glass bowl in the shape of a green apple, it would be perfect for display.
BTW, I think the footstool is a keeper! I recall someone in our neighborhood had something similar. Remember, the only thing worse than bad taste is no taste!
I asked my OL and she seems to think it was called a "water rose" (???) Now that I have a possible source I'm going to try to send for one, just for the novelty of it. I have a depression glass bowl in the shape of a green apple, it would be perfect for display.
BTW, I think the footstool is a keeper! I recall someone in our neighborhood had something similar. Remember, the only thing worse than bad taste is no taste!
xraytech
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I must say that it is fugly, but if I found one I would have to have one to place in my living room because I just love that thing, my great grandmother used to have oneof these and I always found it intriguing
what is good design?
Interesting article about that in the NY-Times today.
themoment.blogs.nytimes.com
Interesting article about that in the NY-Times today.
Exhibitions | Define Design
What constitutes good design? It’s a question that has fascinated and vexed us for decades, as demonstrated by two exhibitions currently on view in New York.
