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Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s

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March 4, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Lushpad

Mid-Century Modern was the first book I bought on collecting! It opened my eyes to a wonderful new world, and now I’ve become so obsessed with it I started up a web site around mid-century modern design.

March 5, 2009 at 9:58 am

cara

Thanks, Melanie. And that is a most excellent site (and blog) you’ve got: http://www.lushpad.com. Keep in touch!


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