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Article: Back from the past: funky 1950s furniture; High-style modern furniture first became popular five decades ago. Now it's a hot collectible.(FEATURES)(HOMEFRONT)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 6, 2003
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Byline: Ellen Bennett Special to The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- Home furnishings from the 1950s have bounced back into favor. So much so that New York's premier auction galleries are selling them. Could it be that their exuberant, novel forms turn heads? Or that their easy care is ideal for today's fast-paced living?
Jeni Sandberg, who handles the fine furniture and decorative arts auctions at Doyle New York auction house, says that people are tired of decorating their homes and apartments in matching suites of just one period. Instead, they want an eclectic mix of the old and new - preferably peppered with at least one high-style modern piece ...