The marvelous Design Reseach building in Cambridge was conceived as a five-story glass showcase, while our journey begins within a South End Brownstone.
BOTH feature a display that became part of the architecture.
We welcome you to this Mecca where FIVE FLOORS feature exceptional design pieces, a haven for the rare, one of a kind, for enthusiasts of stuff, oddities, unique treasures and MORE!
From the first floor, an 1889, 85 key, 6' Steinway piano in an ebonized finish.
This piece had a near complete rebuild, including the soundboard, pin block, hammers, shanks, whipper and keys, and it sounds FABULOUS!
To the roof deck featuring the 1966 Collection by Richard Schultz for Knoll, it was the first outdoor furniture that enthusiasts of modern design could say, "this is a breath of fresh air."
Additional highlights between floors include:
Frank Lloyd Wright's last figurative sculptural works, The Nakomis and The Nakoma.
These represent two figures from Winnebago tribal culture. The Nakomis figure, with its masculine, angular geometry, teaches his son to shoot an arrow. The Nakoma figure with children and organic curves, is carrying a vessel that is as rounded as their heads. Cast from the original plaster models sculpted by Frank Lloyd Wright. Produced in 1929-1930 by Charles L. Morgan.
Like the Bauhaus for the BIRDS - this replica of The Farnsworth House, designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, and has a hinged door on the roof for birdseed.
Jack Lenor Larsen, a celebrated and influential American mid-century modern textile designer, his bentwood barrel back armchair, is eloquently accentuated by graduated spindles and it sits on a nearly mirror image base.
Nine arm gilded bronze French candelabra with flowering grape vines.
Vintage Alvar Aalto Table Desk
Victorian Cast Iron Roof Cresting Fencing
AND MORE!
