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post #1 of 62
2/21/08 at 11:34pm
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I like desk accessories. Here are a few that I found tasteful:
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post #2 of 62
2/22/08 at 12:07am




And I especially like this desktop globe.

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post #3 of 62
2/22/08 at 2:13am
Who makes these?
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post #4 of 62
2/22/08 at 2:54am
I hold the writing desk and it's ephemera in special esteem. Some pics of my desk that I had on Imageshack already... Other things aren't pictured: a few books, of philosophy, mathematics, and literature, my chess knight desk lamp. There are drawers for my Crane's notepaper and ink for the dip pens, as well as a drawer for drafting tools, a micrometer and calipers, a drawer for common and pedstrian writing implements, staplers and such, and a few drawers for items from my collection. And of course a pendeflex drawer -- all on full extension roller slides.
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post #5 of 62
2/22/08 at 3:07am
^Nice. What's the hat?
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post #6 of 62
2/22/08 at 3:28am
I use this to hold paper clips. My wife bought it for me. I sometimes get thirsty looking at it.
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post #7 of 62
2/22/08 at 4:04am
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Who makes these?

It's a '50s Hermes set.
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post #8 of 62
2/22/08 at 1:27pm
I love desk accessories from the '60s and '70s in lucite, chrome, and/or cork. Even though I do not smoke (cigarettes), I used to collect modern designer ashtrays from the period; they often do not immediately look like ashtrays and work perfectly as catch-alls for paper clips, candies, etc.

I also have a bit of a fetish for desktop miniatures. My desk holds mini models of my current favorite vintage car (Maserati Merak) and high-rise building (Hancock Center in Chicago).
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post #9 of 62
2/22/08 at 1:32pm
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I use this to hold paper clips. My wife bought it for me. I sometimes get thirsty looking at it.

Cute I like it. Any info on where she purchased this bucket?

I like writing sets with ink bottles but in Lucite or marble/malachite or any semi precious stone. I do not like textured leather look of that ink set, it looks tacky in a very Indiana Jones way.
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post #10 of 62
2/22/08 at 2:19pm
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I hold the writing desk and it's ephemera in special esteem. Some pics of my desk that I had on Imageshack already...









Other things aren't pictured: a few books, of philosophy, mathematics, and literature, my chess knight desk lamp. There are drawers for my Crane's notepaper and ink for the dip pens, as well as a drawer for drafting tools, a micrometer and calipers, a drawer for common and pedstrian writing implements, staplers and such, and a few drawers for items from my collection. And of course a pendeflex drawer -- all on full extension roller slides.

Why the jackass rig with the revolver?
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post #11 of 62
2/22/08 at 2:51pm
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Any info on where she purchased this bucket?


She got it in London at an antique shop.
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post #12 of 62
2/22/08 at 3:56pm
/\\ Thank you sir.
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post #13 of 62
2/22/08 at 4:01pm
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You'll shoot your eye out!
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post #14 of 62
2/22/08 at 4:03pm
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I use this to hold paper clips. My wife bought it for me. I sometimes get thirsty looking at it.

Sometimes the best ideas come from unusual places and improvisation.
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post #15 of 62
2/22/08 at 8:01pm
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I love desk accessories from the '60s and '70s in lucite, chrome, and/or cork. Even though I do not smoke (cigarettes), I used to collect modern designer ashtrays from the period; they often do not immediately look like ashtrays and work perfectly as catch-alls for paper clips, candies, etc. I also have a bit of a fetish for desktop miniatures. My desk holds mini models of my current favorite vintage car (Maserati Merak) and high-rise building (Hancock Center in Chicago).
Cork is a very intriguing material but I don't see a lot of desk items made in cork except some pen-holders, and the like. I'd like a blotter in cork, with chrome edging. I'm also particularly fond of assorted boxes--from traditional molded leather to modernistic ones and sterling ones. You can stack them up, and stuff things into them without sacrificing style. Desktop miniatures are also fascinating; I like the aluminum airplane models that airline executives used to keep on a teak credenza or something.
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Cute I like it. Any info on where she purchased this bucket? I like writing sets with ink bottles but in Lucite or marble/malachite or any semi precious stone. I do not like textured leather look of that ink set, it looks tacky in a very Indiana Jones way.
It's an alligator skin, I believe.
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