May 2013
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Alvar Aalto, Chair 66, 1935
One of 1934’s favourite chairs - and we have 12 of them: 4 red seats, 4 black seats, 4 birch seats. Reassembling these chairs (dissassembling them for transporting) turned me into a machine. All the legs, exactly the same, all the holes precise, all the countersinks exact in depth - no angles differed, no feel to each leg and seat altered as I picked up the next one and the next one. And...
May 17th
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Alvar Aalto, Chair 69, 1935
Designed by Aalto in 1935 for Artek - another favourite here. The 3 white seated chairs are all labelled on the underside with the ‘Artek’ sticker and so no doubting their origins. Nor do the other chairs, with upholstered seats, need their origins questioned; proportions, angles, shapes and dimensions don’t change from chair to chair - true industrial design. Aalto’s...
May 17th
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Marcel Breuer, Cesca Chair, 1928
I have two pairs of these design classics - all MADE IN ITALY - caning in excellent condition. £300 per pair Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 17th
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Desk two
Another desk of the same French industrial ilk - this time tubular steel and oak! H 700 x W 620 x D 430 Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 17th
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Desk one
French industrial desk - Tubular Steel and Plywood - always a winning combination: H 740 x W 700 x D500 mm Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 17th
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Vinyl Armchair
A perfect example of a mid century vinyl armchair. The usual wear and tear and some naked piping on the back. Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 13th
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White Chair, Black Seat
A simple looking, bent ply and leather - quite worn. Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 13th
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Red & Black
A mighty French 1950s Atomic armchair: vinyl covered - black - red - metal legs… what more? Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 10th
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Rock, Swivel & Roll
Another Edwardian Office-Swivel-Desk chair in lovely condition (minus the missing spindle on the back) SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 10th
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More from 1944
The first pair are ready to sell. Recently salvaged from the Air Ministry Officer’s Mess at Biggin Hill. They are dated 1944 and some stamped with the AM crown. We have 8 in total (6/8 LEFT) Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 4th
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Blue Chair Blue Chair
A really nice looking blue leatherette chair: beech, blue, studded, worn and torn. SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
May 4th
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April 2013
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1944 AM
Just got in 8 of these chairs. They are straight out of an Air Ministry Officer’s Mess at Biggin Hill. They are dated 1944 and some stamped with the AM crown. Currently being restored… Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 28th
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Edwardian Desk Chair
Oak - Edwardian - recently upholstered - salvaged leather - castors - leans, rocks, swivels and rolls… SOLD Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 20th
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An Accumulation of Lights
Edwardian desk lamp - partnered with a 1920s glass shade (in full working order) 1930s metal desk lamp, with perfectly cracked paint (in full working order) EDL Lathe lamp Old marine wall light (in full working order) Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 20th
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1950s RED BENCH SEAT
New in is this fantastically red 2 seater - fresh from a hair salon. And this bench has been in there since it was made. Kitsch? Maybe - but would look perfect in a tiled hallway, or in a pub/diner. £100 Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 20th
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PROTO-PLY-CHAIR
Just playing with some new ideas in the workshop today… Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 16th
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New Old Wool
Just got in some NOS wool - 2 pieces at 300 x 260 cm - waiting to be used… Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 16th
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Office Chair!
A lovely looking office chair on castors - real leather - oak - swivels - and rolls - worn - and very useable! Probably 1930s - would make a  great addition to any interior! SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 11th
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There's a hole in my table!
Another table made from teak, with teak legs too. Top from a science lab that once housed a porcelain sink. Somehow it might seem like a pointless object - to have such a hole in the middle, but it would make for an interesting coffee table… plus it’s lighter weight than a solid one. Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com ...
Apr 10th
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Office chair!
Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Apr 9th
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Currently on the Trestles
Apr 6th
March 2013
7 posts
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SEASHELL PINK
A stunning pair of seashell pink cantilever chairs - would suit any modernist interior; from 1930s to 1960s style. This pair is from the 1960s, however derivative of tubular steel designs from the Bauhaus era. Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Mar 31st
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Robert Heritage POLY SHELL CHAIR
British Design classicism - Robert Heritage “steelux” chair with Eames-era poly shell seat. SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Mar 29th
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6 x 'FOLD AWAY' CHAIRS
Was recently commissioned to duplicate an old folding garden chair. For these I used Western red Cedar and stainless steel fixings, making them hardy and light weight! Here’s the original, in stripped pine: And here’s what was left of the cedar: Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me:...
Mar 25th
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1940s CLUB / ARM CHAIR
A great armchair - recently salvaged - probably 1940s. The material is imitation leather, and could either be recovered or used as is. Springs in tact. Sits on a great looking set of castors.  SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Mar 25th
8 tags
THONET
A great pair of THONET elbow / desk chairs. One still has the label on the underside - and although the details differ very slightly, there’s nothing to say that the other chair isn’t an original Thonet too. The curves, and fixings are ever so similar… not to mention that they look great together. SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: ...
Mar 22nd
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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
This chair came out of a Nimrod aircraft - it had been ripped out, and left to me to clean and make useable. A new seat has been made and upholstered in Jeep canvas. Levers and mechanisms all in working order… It’s a very fun chair to sit in! UP… and DOWN… 360 degree swivel… Or it can be left for you to modify in your own fashion… Naked...
Mar 5th
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San Franciscan Motel chairs
You can find these chair all along the west coast of America - on porches and balconies of motels - and would make a great original addition to any British garden this summer!… The sun is coming out… SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Mar 5th
February 2013
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The Aeroplane Model, Christy Tyler, 1920s
Supposedly this chair was designed to deck the cruise ships of the 20s and 30s. If so then this chair might have seen a lot of miles - SALT-WATER-BEATEN! Allumnium frame and upholstered hammock style seat - extremely comfortable, especially for a chair that could be reaching 100 years of life.  Label reads: “Seateaze - C.T.’s - Seating” I’ve seen other versions of this...
Feb 28th
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Cast Iron Urn
A fabulous looking 1920s / 1930s cast iron urn - great for flowers, or as a fruit bowl - very decorative. Hole down the centre for drainage. 9” high - and diameter of top is about the same. Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Feb 24th
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Harry Bertoia, 1952
I have 3 of these Harry Bertoia (style) chairs - based on the 1952 design. One has slight rust - not detracting anything from the classic silhouette of the chair - but reminds us that the design is over half a century old. SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Feb 24th
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Brass and Enamel Lamp
Have this unusual brass table lamp, with the classic green and cream enamel shade. Looks to be handmade in the 30s or 40s. The brass has a great patina from years of use - burnt on one side like a sausage. Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Feb 24th
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A Matching Pair
A matching pair of coffee tables - styled after some early modernist shapes. Iroko tops and mild steel legs 480 x 640 x 380 mm Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Feb 21st
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IR(oak)O table no.2
Made some more legs from salvaged oak for another iroko table top that I patched together. Lovely patina in both the legs and the top - visible screws! 660 x 850 x 360 mm Thanks for looking… Please do contact with any enquiries: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow me: @AbelSloane1934
Feb 21st
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Right on schedule!
Alongside the wooden crane, trucks and ambulances - I also have this: an old pedal train. Unfortunately it doesn’t have the pedals anymore as I fixed the wheels onto a new axle. I’ve also made a small padded seat for your child’s bum. Great shape handlebars too! Would be a lovely display piece in a shop or office! SOLD!   Thanks for looking… Please do...
Feb 17th
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WOODEN TOYS
Just got some old hand made toys - 1930s by the looks of things. Not Ko Verzuu, but still lovely toys! They have a distinct Britishness about them - maybe its the grey and green colours, or maybe the piles of dust! SOLD! pick-up with trailer… if only I had one of these… metal-lined dumper Bunk beds in the back And then this little one… (the box...
Feb 16th
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CLUBSESSEL, Marcel Breuer, 1925
Here: a fabulous modernist icon, in the perfect style of Breuer’s Clubsessel (No. B3 chair) - (later known as the Wassily Chair, in the 60s) Tubular stainless steel and light brown leather - this chair is not something to be missed out on (YOU CANNOT GET ONE CHEAPER THAN HERE!) Chair shows very minor signs of cosmetic wear on the leather - tiny scratch here and there - Other than...
Feb 15th
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The Wooden Horse
If you plan on escaping from the Stalag Luft III then this is an essential. An old gym horse base that I cut down to bench width - finished in raw calico, ready for a fabric of your own choosing.  130 x 45 x 50 (cm) What was left… contact for more details… abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 @AbelSloane1934
Feb 13th
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Ir(oak)o 3-legged Table
Had this left over piece of iroko (from a science lab) with a nice big round burn mark in it - the corner was already cut off - must have been in the corner. Made these oak legs to keep it off the floor - in the same style as the Oak Armchair… Thanks for looking… abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 @AbelSloane1934
Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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1934
Just playing around with some stuff I had in my pocket…
Feb 8th
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Oak Armchair (phase II)
Just need materialacising - other than that, it’s in its final stages, ready to be paired and sat in. A nice simple armchair, made from salvaged oak and inspired by Erich Dieckmann (primarily) abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 @AbelSloane
Feb 6th
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Upholstered Oak Armchair (PROTOTYPE)
Prototype for a new chair - made from salvaged oak slats. Erich Dieckmann in style! Thanks for looking… abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 @AbelSloane1934
Feb 3rd
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January 2013
8 posts
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V
Doing up the letters for Retrouvius shop front! PRE… HARDENING and FILLING… SANDING… GLUEING and CLAMPING… V-MAKING… V-FINISHING PRIMING… LOOKING… ADMIRING… (last photo courtesy of Retrouvius) abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 @AbelSloane
Jan 31st
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Z
Just got my hands on this stylish 1960s Italian “Z” table Glass and Stainless Steel. SOLD! Thanks for looking… Please contact: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow: @AbelSloane
Jan 31st
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ARCHED FRAME IN NEED OF REPAIR AND MIRRORICISING
Will be repairing this frame soon ready to be a mirror in your home! abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 @AbelSloane
Jan 27th
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Colour matched
Retrouvius gave me this to fix the weekend. Part of the inner frame was missing moulding - and as that was hard to find I made a new one and stained to match the existing frame. @AbelSloane abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949
Jan 27th
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TILES TILES TILES
Recently salvaged a load of unused display tiles from a certain tile shop. Ranging from 200 x 300mm to 600 x 600mm Smaller tiles are mostly a variation of white and larger tiles vary in colour and finish. Waiting to be used in a modern kitchen or bathroom (or not modern) - Would look amazing mix-and-matched on a large wall (in colour and size) … Or could be cut up with a tile cutter...
Jan 27th
Jan 24th
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Leather Club Chair
SOLD Picked up this 1930’s style club chair today - needs a bit of work on the springs - leather is nicely worn, and cracked in one arm. A great chair to sit next to the fire in… Please contact if interested: abel.sloane@hotmail.com 07972 427 949 Follow: @AbelSloane
Jan 21st
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