The Rural Modernist: Furniture Porn

Furniture Porn

Saturday, March 14, 2009 | 1st dibs, furniture porn | 8 comments »

As a barn sale/flea market/junk shop kind of cheapskate, I can't imagine actually being able to afford anything on 1st Dibs, but I do love perusing the high end, to-the-trade wares for inspiration and a good dose of daily eye candy/furniture porn. Some of my faves today:

Hi. I'm The Rural Modernist and I'm a globe-aholic. I also have a fetish for old signage, so this one really gets me all tingly down there.

Metal Globe
France
1950's
A large advertising handpainted metal globe wrapped in metal film.
Price
$6,500 (HOLY CRAP!)

Yeah, we've seen this chair a gazillion times already, but I don't care. That caramel leather is just so supple and inviting I want to pet it.

1960s "Egg" Armchair by Arne Jacobsen
Denmark
1960s
1960s "Egg" armchair by Arne Jacobsen, with metal base and leather upholstery.
Price
$13,894 (GULP.)

I loathe faux finishes, but I love faux bois.

Faux bois table and chair set
France
Circa 1900
Table and three stool set in ferro cement faux bois. An extraordinarily lifelike recreation of natural wood rendered by hand in cement.
Price
$6,375 (YIKES.)

I like ceramics that look like organ meats. I'm going to try knocking this off in my next pottery class.

Ceramic Sculptural Vessel
American
20Th Century
Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Price
$4,800 (COUGH COUGH.)

Bingo! This graphic coffee table is practically free by 1st Dibs standards.

1965 Coffee Table by R. Capron
France
1965
1965 coffee table by R. Capron with structure in metal and ceramic tiles on top surface.
Price
$1,755 (SCHWING!)

8 comments

Anonymous // March 15, 2009 at 1:12 AM

jason yer ridiculous...but i love it...hahahaha ...furniture porn
Anonymous // March 15, 2009 at 2:00 AM

the prices for these lucious pieces are even higher here in Aus......thanks for the porn show!
Miho!
Anonymous // March 15, 2009 at 10:45 AM

Foodporn is pretty good too. Craneporn, not so much: http://craneporn.tumblr.com/
Anonymous // March 15, 2009 at 10:55 AM

jason i love your blog!! great name.
Mr. Bluehaunt // March 17, 2009 at 5:19 PM

I love the vessel!
vicki archer // March 20, 2009 at 1:22 AM

Yikes is right - love and want them all, xv.
YHBHS // March 22, 2009 at 3:16 PM

i love 1st dibs. its total porn to me!!! love the capron table and the cermaic vessell.

do you take ceramic classes?

david john
Anonymous // March 22, 2009 at 4:21 PM

Hi David — I just completed my second ceramics course and starting my third at the end of the month.

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About

I launched my first blog, Doodle Whore in 2006 as a repository for my doodles and observations on popular culture (OK, mainly Britney, cough cough).

But I also have a passion for antiquing, flea marketing, interiors, art, crafts, music, food, and architecture which I wanted to blab about, but it really didn't fit in with my trashy Doodle Whore oeuvre. I'm a voracious reader of design blogs and shelter mags, but I find that many are simply too girly, too decorator-y, too serious, or just too perfect for me. If I have to read one more story about Hollywood Regency slipper chairs or floral abstract poppy patterned tea towels I'll barf.

So here I give you my perspective as The Rural Modernist: an illustrator and greeting card peddler living two hours north of New York City in the Catskills with his boyfriend and dogs, listening to The Smiths and Madonna while rearranging the furniture, surfing the net, scavenging through barns and tag sales, watching bad t.v., and keeping the bears out of the bird feeder.

Yours truly, The Rural Modernist