Over the past few months we have acquired a few new (actually old) furniture pieces to reside in our mid-century home. You know how it is when you move house...you have to tweak your furniture to suit the space...Ha! That's the excuse I'm running with!
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| McIntosh sideboard |
We added a beautiful teak McIntosh sideboard to our collection of mid-century furniture. It is Scottish-made and clearly well-travelled as it eventually found its way to Australia, firstly via country Pittsworth and finally to Brisbane with us. We're using it to store our photographs, DVDs and CDs and our TV currently resides on top of it. Our poor old telly was previously on a very low coffee table...
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| McIntosh sideboard in our living room |
I've been trying to find out a bit about the manufacturer which was AH McIntosh & Co Ltd. The business began making furniture in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1869 and it was renowned for making quality furniture.
It went through a time of change during the post-WW2 period catering to the demand for modern yet stylish utility pieces. AH McIntosh began reproducing and reinterpreting Scandinavian designs in teak and their furniture was hugely popular with the aspirational middle class in Britain.
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| McIntosh Furniture label |
Today, AH McIntosh is still in operation as ESAMcIntosh, providing furniture and equipment for the education sector. From what I have read, vintage AH McIntosh furniture is becoming increasingly collectible because it is extremely well made and has the mid-century look that is so hot right now.
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| McIntosh sideboard |
It's lovely and really suits your home. Everything looks great on it too, especially the Bitossi. We store photos, DVDs and CDs in our sideboard as well. And the stupid tv rests on top too. I hate televisions. If only they didn't have such a useful purpose, I wouldn't have one. Well, I would ... How's the gardening going?
ReplyDeleteYes, hate the TV but with a household of DVD watching kids I don't think we can go without...at least for now...The gardening is going no where fast. I'm just keeping some new camellias alive and making sure the grass doesn't die off completely! xx
DeleteSo hot right now! Looking gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYes ditch the TV - it will free your world.....
Your home is looking A-MAZing!!!
I'd love to ditch the tv but alas it serves a purpose for now with the kids. Mind you, we don't watch a lot of tv except for when we watch a DVD. The sideboard would look a thousand times better without it! xx
DeleteYour sideboard is beautiful! I have a book that's mainly about GPlan, but it mentions some of the other companies producing at that time. I'll see if it has anything interesting about McIntosh. We've had several pieces of McIntosh, GPlan, Remploy and the like in the store in the past that were lovely. One of the things I hung onto when I downsized into the "modernist nest" is my Remploy dropfront desk. I sympathize about the TV too. Mine is hanging over my Jens Risom credenza. It pains me!
ReplyDeleteIt looks really great. We love our mid century Ercol furniture, and wish that we could find some more. I don't know about there, but finding these things isn't easy is it! xx
ReplyDeleteWow, it's beautiful and really suits the space. xo
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