Friday, September 19, 2014

This Rather Pedestrian Looking Pair Of Square Tables Found Their Way To The Back Of Frank Wednesday Night After Work. Why You Ask? Two Names: Eames & Miller! Status: Available.

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If not for the ridiculously low asking and the odd shape (I've never seen square tops before) I might have passed on this pair.  Plus, the seller had other interested parties.  But, I got a call back from him and we made arrangements.  Couldn't back out after that.

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The sellers pic was none to detailed so I just went ahead and ask him to please take a look under the

top for a Herman Miller label.  He took the phone out with him to the garage and checked.  He

couldn't find a Herman Miller label but did find the barcode label that you see below.  He started

reading off the number code: ET106L, and I knew right away that these were Herman Miller / Eames

tables.  What I didn't know was that he had two different styles: the Aluminum Group and the

Segment Base.

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I never realized that I had a preference of Eames / Miller table bases but I believe the Aluminum

Group really is much more classy.  Still, I love 'em all.  They're all good design.  The tops aren't much

to write home about, grey Formica with a vinyl edge, but they are durable...and if you've got kids... 

Isn't it good to know there's great design out there that doesn't have sharp edges or easily ruined

finishes?

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I had kind of a weird idea.  Let me run it by ya'.  What do you think of removing the top of the base

of one of these and using the remainder as a TV stand.  Yeah, just attach a universal wall mount to the

top of the upright.  Maybe add a shelf about nine inches above the legs?  Sound interesting?  It

wouldn't be blasphemous or anything since these were mass produced and there are lots of 'em out

there, right?

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Meh, I'll probably just screw the tops back on and drop 'em off at the antique mall as is.  Anybody

need a cheap square Eames / Miller table...or two?  These could even become pretty cool coffee

tables for anyone adventurous enough to cut down an upright and the big long screw inside. 

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