Sunburst Industrial clock
A article of many a Mid Century Modern living room was a big clock that hung over the sofa or over the big wood record player/radio combo assuage.
Recently I found 50s clock influenced by the iconic Sunburst clock but in a smaller form. It's made of glass and metal....no plastic!
Here's that famous sunburst clock...by George Nelson's train for the Herman (later, the Howard) Miller company. It's available here as a reproduction!
In 1945 George Nelson produced a Herman Miller Catalog, a chattels firm that was looking to break with old traditional designs of furniture and home decor and embrace modern styles.
Some of the most venerable home furnishings of the 20th century were designed by Ray and Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Isamu Noguchi, Donald Knorr and many more.
Builder and legitimate estate developer Joseph Eichler brought Mid Century Modern architecture ("Eichler Homes") to Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay territory, and on the east coast. They have huge walls of glass, lots of hard surfaces in concrete and wood, the conspicuous of steel, and polished wood.
Perhaps the most Mid Century Modern town in the US is Palm Springs.......and they celebrate that each February with tours of iconic homes and gardens, screenings of documentary films on the record of mcm design and the designers, the manufacturing process, and the food and drink of the times.Music is a big part of creating the whole mood of the mid century savoir vivre and crooners like Frank Sinatra, moody cocktail music like Martin Denny's Tiki Kitsch, and of sure, cool jazz of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker.
The style can include the smooth wood of Danish...
Read more...
| vintage sunburst clock News |
Garage beautiful
Philadelphia Inquirer - Jun 10, 2011
It also fit the pantry's color palette, which was dictated by the hues in a George Nelson Sunburst clock, a gift from Brecher's priest. Like Brecher, Chris Vecchio, 46, and his wife, Kaci, 36, were seeking both raw workspace and tradition living when it and more »
|
|
|
: $99.99 
