Vintage birch Heywood-Wakefield dining room set, c.1956. Originally a 'blonde' finish which imparts a milky quality to the wood and partly obscures the grain, these pieces are now clear-finished. Vintage antique retro collectibles for the home at 'More Pushy Furniture' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/furniture-2.htm
Vintage 1950s tiered furniture shelving I've dubbed the 'half-round table.' Circa 1959. This table, the radio, the wallpaper, and even the floor are what serious collectors of mid-century modern look down their noses at and call 'kitsch.' Awwww, lighten up. Vintage antique retro collectibles for the home at 'More Pushy Furniture' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/furniture-2.htm

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Heywood-Wakefield dining room set, c.1956. Originally a “blonde” finish which imparts a milky quality to the wood and partly obscures the grain, these pieces are now clear-finished.

Some collectors say that manufacturers used blonde finishes on the sorts of woods that had less interesting or less uniform grain. And birch would be one of those. I don't know. Looks interesting and uniform enough for me.

Vintage 1950s tiered furniture shelving I've dubbed the 'half-round table.' Circa 1959. This table, the radio, the wallpaper, and even the floor are what serious collectors of mid-century modern look down their noses at and call 'kitsch.' Awwww, lighten up. Vintage antique retro collectibles for the home at 'More Pushy Furniture' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/furniture-2.htm

The unbranded piece (c.1959) you see here in my kitchen I’ve dubbed the “half-round table.” This, the radio, the wallpaper, and even the floor are what’s known as “kitsch.” So is the small bedroom lamp below. Serious collectors of mid-century modern would have me apologize at this point for including such things. OK, I’m sorry.

Vintage collectible retro lamp with squiggles! Fiberglass. Vintage antique retro collectibles for the home at 'More Pushy Furniture' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/furniture-2.htm
Vintage collectible retro lamp with squiggles! Fiberglass. Vintage antique retro collectibles for the home at 'More Pushy Furniture' at the web's largest private collection of antiques & collectibles: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/collections/furniture-2.htm



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