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What is the best month to buy a sofa?

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What is the best month to buy a sofa?
While it is best to purchase a sofa when you need one the most - there are some benefits to buying around slower seasons during the year. Often, the two weeks before Christmas and New Years or the week directly after New Years are the slowest days for furniture sales and you can sometimes score a better deal if you negotiate around this time. Another season that is often slower is at the very beginning of summer, usually for a couple weeks as summer weather begins - perhaps because people are focusing on outdoor activities more and not buying furniture for their home as much during that time.
Automaton
AutomatonMarch 10, 2021
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Rustic French Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs, Style of Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully worn set of four handcrafted dining chairs, likely of French origin, dating to the mid-20th century. These chairs exhibit the timeless charm and utilitarian elegance as...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Wood, Rush

'Aluminum Group' Swivel Chair by Charles Eames for Herman Miller, 1980s, Signed
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classic and stylish 'Aluminum Group' executive desk chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. Signed underneath seat with Herman Miller labels and stamp to frame. Circa ...
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Leather Percival Lafer 'MP-97' Rosewood Three-Seat Sofa, Brazil, c. 1970, Signed
By Lafer, Percival Lafer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous collectors piece is an all original and signed yellow leather 'MP-97' three-seat sofa by Brazilian designer Percival Lafer for Lafer MP was designed in 1970 and produce...
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Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

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Leather, Rosewood

Willy Guhl for Eternit Cone Concrete Planter in Burgundy, circa 1968, Signed
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An incredible designer on-trend architectural concrete cone planter by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit, circa 1968 Switzerland. This cone shaped concrete planter has a patinat...
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Vintage 1960s Swiss Modern Planters and Jardinieres

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Concrete

Gordon & Jane Martz for Marshall Studios Floor Lamp w Maria Kipp Woven Shade
By Gordon Martz, Gordon & Jane Martz, Maria Kipp, Marshall Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classy 1960s stained oak floor lamp with built-in side table by Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios is in incredible original vintage condition with a beautiful light pat...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

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Ceramic, Oak

Ten Black Leather Tucroma Chairs by Guido Faleschini for Mariani, Brand New
By i4 Mariani, Guido Faleschini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The most coveted dining chairs by interior designers are 'Tucroma' chairs by Guido Faleschini for i4 Mariani, and we have this incredible set of ten (10) Tucroma armchairs in beautif...
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2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs

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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

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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

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Brass

'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'much larger than it looks' collectors item is the 'Pompeiana' corner cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, completed in 1988, signed, dated and numbered 2 of 2. Fornasetti cabinets, es...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Corner Cupboards

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Brass

'Greca' Greek Key Round Mirror by Piero Fornasetti, Signed, circa 1970s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the 'Greca' (Greek in Italian) mirror by Piero Fornasetti, signed on the back with the Fornasetti label, is a gorgeous collectors piece ideal f...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

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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
A beautiful Maison Jansen settee in emerald green velvet and gilt frame, signed underneath with remnants of Jansen stamp. Incredible collectors piece, wi...
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Vintage 1930s French Neoclassical Settees

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Wood, Velvet

Large 44" Malachite, Brass and Classical Wood Frame Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an incredible malachite mirror, very heavy and extremely well made, featuring an intarsia of malachite with brass edging and a classically carved wood frame. The reverse has...
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20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Wall Mirrors

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Malachite

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