Paul's Pride

We're Bond & Bowery, a website with the most diverse selection of antiques, design, and fine art in cyberspace. We highlight quality pieces without the clutter of competing ads and excessive editorial content. B & B understands the importance of a valuable acquisition and its contribution to home decoration.

Your B & B Host: I'm George Evans, and I've spent the last 20 years importing and exporting antiques and fine design pieces from Europe. I'm a New York City dealer and I have two showrooms in Lambertville, New Jersey.

I enjoy bringing you highlights from our B & B dealers on Design2Share, and this week we're proud to feature four chairs in outstanding condition by mid-century modern master Paul McCobb, nicknamed "America's Designer" for being a household name during the 1950s. This Set of 4 Paul McCobb Side Chairs is in excellent condition, and their design is classic and timeless.

This week's featured Bond & Bowery dealer, Sixteen Fifty Nine, has a great mix of excellent merchandise down in their Washington, DC showroom. Be sure to visit them at 1659 Wisconsin Avenue whenever you're next in the Capital City! I love the dry wit and sly humor of Sixteen Fifty Nine's four McCobb side chairs. Borrowing inspiration and basic styling from the classic Windsor chair, McCobb combined vinyl, fine wood, and iron to make a completely new and original creation that has the great Windsor flow. The styling is Jetsons, yet very wise and knowing. These chairs will never go out of style.

Use the four side chairs at a dining room table, mirroring the traditional Windsor side chairs shown in the photo below of a beautiful Bucks County, PA dining room designed by Eldon Wong. Or you can split the four chairs into one pair and two singles -- each single in a bedroom as a side chair or desk chair and the pair of chairs on either side of a console in an entry foyer or on either side of a dining room sideboard. Nothing could be more versatile than these four lovely McCobb classics.

We know these four side chairs will look great in your home!

For a more in-depth discussion about Paul McCobb and these hipster chairs, see my By George! interview with Design2Share. And visit Bond & Bowery for the item detail page and direct dealer contact information on this set of mid-century modern side chairs.

Photo Credit: House Beautiful

Fresh from Palm Beach

We're Bond & Bowery, a website with the most diverse selection of antiques, design, and fine art in cyberspace. We highlight quality pieces without the clutter of competing ads and excessive editorial content. B & B understands the importance of a valuable acquisition and its contribution to home decoration.

Your B & B Host: I'm George Evans, and I've spent the last 20 years importing and exporting antiques and fine design pieces from Europe. I'm a New York City dealer and I have two showrooms in Lambertville, New Jersey. I was delighted this past week to have been one of the select exhibitors in the prestigious Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. This is perhaps the most glittering fine arts and antiques event worldwide, and we brought many beautiful and unusual items to the show this year.

One piece I didn't sell at the show, and it surprised me, was this Adam Style Console Table. The incised marbletop console is an 1895 piece with many decorative elements, and it's a true product of the Gilded Age.

Look at how it's almost Over the Top. The piece is beautifully crafted with a polychromed incised marble top, fitton on a lower case. I particularly like the carved and gilded ribbon swags with the legs flanked by diminutive oval Wedgwood neoclassic jasperware plaques. The tapering green painted decorated legs are outstanding.

I love this piece because it's a less uptight version of the same period French console that's more typical of what you see in homes and stores. The block feet and Neo Classical architectural details add a refreshing sense of whimsy and exuberance. The design is brave and strong!

I'd happily place this console in a more contemporary setting. It would work well with a predictable gilt mirror and sconces, but seeing it below a mirror from the mid to late 20th century would be great. Not seeing it placed against a paneled wall or one covered with damask wallcovering, is a must. Look how terrific consoles look against a wall that's a fresh splash of color as in this update of a classic Michael Taylor San Francisco interior by designer Suzanne Tucker.

Our console, more decorative than the ones in the above photo, would look beautiful standing in front of a wall that's covered with horizontal planking that's been whitewashed in a pale color. The finish would relate to the painted finish of the table, but the application would be updated. Although we've seen it a lot, a pair of inexpensive Philippe Stark's Ghost chairs on either of the console, would complete the scene.

We know our console table will look great in your home!

For a more in-depth discussion about the amazing Palm Beach Show, see my By George! interview with Design2Share. And visit Bond & Bowery for the item detail page and direct dealer contact information on the Adam Style Console Table.

Photo Credit: House Beautiful