(re-post)
Kilshaw's windows looked intriguing and a nearby parking space was available so I stopped and went for a look. A wealth of mid-century modern pieces. The auction is tonight.
That pleasant browsing motivated a stroll back along Fort and then down Cook Street with stops in the book shop, consignment store, and Country Comforts.
I am looking for a 'chest of drawers' and the puncutation denotes something that will serve the purpose of a chest of drawers but in an interesting way. As the vintage suit cases are doing but I feel like a change.
Kilshaw's had a lovely eight drawer teak chest with distinctive recessed handles and I spent some time staring at it ….. but it was too specific. And a bit too perfect and impersonal.
I wandered into Country Comforts with 'chest of drawers' in mind, mid-century modern in recent thoughts.
Nothing in the way of chests. But this mirror…..
Well, it is now in my home.
Interesting how something has instant appeal.
And how the resultant cognitive dissonance to an immediate, seemingly impulsive, acquisition can take either the "what was I thinking…." or "well, welcome!" response.
This mirror was totally the latter.
And I am liking it more and more.
I have no history of it; I do not think it was commercially made.
The random sizes and placement of the mirrors (they are all bevelled!) is delightful: the single tiny one is captivating.
It is meant to be hung square, as indicated by the two brackets, but Allister had hung it as a diamond and this was brilliant. I positioned it as square, just to see. Stodgy. The quarter turn makes all the difference. Frank Lloyd Wright and falling water comes to mind. I wonder if I would have been so attracted if I had seen it hung square. I wonder , had I purchased it from this aspect, if I would have thought – been inspired – been guided! – to give it that turn. Fun to speculate.