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vintage & retro HEIRLOOM

KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
Pre cherished
furniture, lighting & fashion

Against the grain

Tidy room equals tidy mind – or so we were told growing up,
as our parents gingerly navigated our bombsite bedrooms and
wondered how on earth we contemplated algebra homework
in such surroundings. Whether their logic was sound or just a
desperate attempt to uncover the long-lost carpet, the question
remains: what brilliant calculations might we have come up with
on an artful new desk such as this?
Angus Ross, who made it, operates from a studio workshop
in Aberfeldy. He treats wood as if it were warm plastic, bending,
moulding and folding the timber to create furniture and what
he calls ‘functional public art’. It has led to a rich and varied
portfolio that encompasses seating, tables, storage and garden
The biggest & best selection of mid- benches, all sporting the studio’s signature curves and sculptural
century modern furniture in Scotland forms. The Ribbon desk (£16,000) is his latest work, and has
For the lounge, dining room, bedroom & been produced in a limited run of ten. The desk is composed of
conservatory
Also Arts & Crafts furniture two conjoined structures, with an oiled finish: the first is a hood
made from strips of steam-bent oak and containing pockets of
ERCOL – vintage Windsor & storage; and the second is the desk itself, which curves in the
Renaissance middle to echo the rounded edges of the ribbon-work.
G Plan – including Kofod-Larsen
McIntosh of Kirkcaldy Invest now, and the next generation of students will have a lot
Ladderax • Danish PS System to live up to: we’re betting creative desk may well equal creative
Morris of Glasgow mind.
AND LOTS LOTS MORE !!!!!!
Words Rosie Duncan
Re-upholstery &
re-webbing
service
Fabrics by MOON, BUTE,
& ISLE MILL

Showroom
Open
7 days

567/569 South Street Glasgow G14 0PX
Open 10-5.30 Mon-Sat,11-5.30 Sun
Tel: 07803 235651
www.vintageandretrofurniture.com

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