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What is the best color for patio furniture?

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What is the best color for patio furniture?
The best color for patio furniture greatly depends on your style and color scheme, however one aspect to always consider is how much UV will the furniture receive. If it is completely uncovered most items will fade over time, and brighter colors will fade the most. White is a popular color for that reason, and so are natural finishes. Two highly popular and sought-after patio furniture designs are the Richard Schultz for Knoll collection which predominantly comes in white to avoid sun fading. And the other is Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan as the copper frames develop a beautiful bluish green patina color which continues to develop over the years resulting in furniture that actually gets better over time, just like a fine wine.
Automaton
AutomatonMarch 10, 2021
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Yellow and White Garden Patio Chairs, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of white iron patio chairs with round yellow vinyl seat cushions. This pair will be perfect
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

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Iron

Large Set of Italian Patio Chairs in Pink and Yellow Lacquered Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining patio chairs, lacquered steel, Italy, 1960s This collection of patio chairs from Italy has
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

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Steel

Locus Solus Yellow Armchair by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti, Exteta
Located in Milan, IT
Perfect for the deck, pool, patio, and garden, this unique armchair features exaggerated volumes
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2010s Italian Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Steel

Dedar Milano Yellow Patterned Outdoor Medium Pillow
By Myface
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Pillow Big 2, outdoor pillow big Modern outdoor pillow made with Dedar Milano Fabric A simple design that allows you to risk in colors and patterns. Choose your favorite outdoo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

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Fabric

Locus Solus Yellow Chair by Gae Aulenti
By Exteta, Gae Aulenti
Located in Milan, IT
painted in bright yellow. The seat cushion is padded and covered with a fabric upholstery (removable
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2010s Italian Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Steel

Locus Solus Yellow Chair by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti, Exteta
Located in Milan, IT
painted in bright yellow. The seat cushion is padded and covered with a fabric upholstery (removable
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2010s Italian Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Steel

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Arthur Espenet Carpenter Walnut & Enameled Steel Dining Table, 1987, Signed
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite dining table (or monumental center table) by Arthur Espenet Carpenter, signed by the artist underneath: 'Espenet 8706', dating this work to 1987, features a monumental...
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Steel

Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Display Cabinet, c 1955, Signed
By Tommi Parzinger, Charak Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare collectors item, this fully restored Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern (c. 1955) display cabiinet / vitrine, features beautiful french polish with Parzinger's signature statement door handles. Signed with Charak Modern label on the backside of the upper cabinet. This refined and sophisticated Parzinger credenza with glass display hutch is perfect for those high-end luxury pads looking for an incredible and collectible statement piece, which Parzinger was known to create. The gorgeous color is close to the Hermès orange, but perhaps a little bit deeper and bolder - perhaps somewhere between Hermès orange and blood orange. Beauty in every detail, from the cross-cut glass panes, to the upper flared embellishments and the signature Parzinger door handles. Let's not skip one more aspect of this table that is equally important - the collectors appeal. Furniture by Tommi Parzinger is one of the most sought-after and cherished items of sophisticated collectors. This isn't for your typical Eames and George Nelson collector, it is much more for a refined collector, perhaps a connoisseur of fine rarities. The quality of the materials and craftsmanship and design details are something to be admired. Parzinger and Charak Modern designed and crafted some of the highest quality furniture of the early and mid 20th Century. That was at a time when US manufacturing was at its best. And now in this day and age of cheap products not meant to last - this table is your daily reminder that 'they don't make them like they used to.' We restored this incredible sideboard display cabinet with hand-applying a new French Polish lacquer. French Polish is the most laborious and expensive finish because it requires many repetitive coats and each one hand polished to a fine glass-like finish, and while it is very expensive, it is worth it for rare and valuable pieces like this Tommi Parzinger vitrine. The results are nothing short of spectacular - such a smooth, clear and deep finish - it looks almost like a sheet of glass (much more incredible in-person than you can see (or touch / feel) in the photos). And besides how incredible it looks - it will also protect your investment for the decades ahead. This Parzinger cabinet is an ideal example for the most discriminating interior designer client or collector. This french polish cabinet...
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Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Vitrines

Materials

Brass

'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Brass

'Greca' Greek Key Round Mirror by Piero Fornasetti, Signed, circa 1970s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Emerald Green Cerused Oak Modular Bookcase Room Divider by Lou Hodges, 1970s
By Lou Hodges
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This absolute show-stopper modular bookcase refinished in gorgeous emerald green cerused oak is by Lou Hodges, designed and produced in California in the 1970s and 1980s. You can con...
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Bookcases

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Oak

Important Maison Jansen Velvet and Gilt Canapé, c. 1930s, Signed
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Vintage 1930s French Neoclassical Settees

Materials

Wood, Velvet

Large 44" Malachite, Brass and Classical Wood Frame Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Wall Mirrors

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Malachite

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