Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Heywood Wakefield Teak Desk

Heywood Wakefield has always been one of my long time favorites, as they've transcended through the decades!


Priced at $895
Dimensions: 7 feet long
SOLD


An Orange Moon
2436 W. 59th
Chicago, IL 60629
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11a-5p Saturday
11a-5p Sunday
312.450.9821 or 773.664.3704

Monday, September 19, 2011

An Orange Moon for The Playboy Club

Remember this chair? Set designers for 20th Century Fox purchased this chair from AOM upon their very first visit. Look for this swivel lounger as part of the Playboy Club set design in Billy the club managers office. 
The show airs 9/19/2011 on NBC-5.


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An Orange Moon
2436 W. 59th
Chicago, IL 60629
11a-3p Friday
11a-5p Saturday
11a-5p Sunday
312.450.9821 or 773.664.3704

Sunday, September 18, 2011

AOM @ The ReBuilding Exchange 9/25/2011


Can't get enough of that vintage stuff?

 

We are at RX this Sunday, September 25th!
As always, when we do shows, it allows us the opportunity to step outside of our Mid Century Modern comfort zone! So look for us on the grounds in back of The RX! We'll have vintage dresses, vintage jewelry, French furniture, the AOM "Hopsack" collection, vintage lighting, vintage homegoods, accessories and more!
Guten Tag!

 An Orange Moon
2436 W. 59th
Chicago, IL 60629
11a-3p Friday
11a-5p Saturday
11a-5p Sunday
312.450.9821 or 773.664.3704

Very Maxwell Street...

YOWSAH! Ty & I made it home after an on again, off again, mostly rainy day! YES we kicked it "ole skool" at The Vintage Bazaar! What exactly does that mean? Let me take this opportunity to break it down, so it may forever be brrr-roke! No tent, no caps, no hats, no tarp, NO WORRIES!! What a day to be outside! But as usual you came through! We took this opportunity to offer vintage jewlrly, Glam, Industrial, Mid Century Modern, Victorian, English & our personal AOM collection of refurbished vintage footstools. I can't remember the last time I got soooo many GOOD hugs! WE LOVE YOU CHICAGO! It was dope! Shout out to K-Raz & Libby of The Vintage Bazaar! Well done ladies!

AOM Booth #0450 @ TVB 9/18/2011

An Orange Moon
2436 W. 59th
Chicago, IL 60629
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday 11a-5p
Sunday 11a-5p
312.450.9821 or 773.664.3704

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

"OR BEST OFFER" SALE SEPT 9-17TH


Got skills?
Make your own half-off sale!
        Bring your best negotiating skills to An Orange Moon's
O.B.O. “Or Best Offer” Sale September 9th-17th. 
Give us your best reasonable offer on everything inthe entire store! AOM boasts the meanest, cleanest, greenest Mid CenturyModern vintage furniture  design in Chicago!

KENT COFFEY
JL MOLLER
LANE
BRASILIA
KNOLL
KIP STEWART
ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS
TOMLINSON
RICHARDSON NEMSCHOFF
BASIC-WITZ
MARTZ FOR MARSHALL STUDIO'S
JOHN M. SMYTH


OK, this is how it works. FOR EXAMPLE: 
Take that American of Martinsville Credenza? It's priced at $795. You want it for ?? Come in and talk to us! In the words of television psychologist Frazier Crane--
I'm listening!

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An Orange Moon hassnagged an outdoor space (Milwaukee & Rockwell) at “The Vintage Bazaar.” Booth#0450 on September 18, 2011 11a-6p. Stay tuned...

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Modernist Oil Painting


SISTER MARY SCRAPHIA

Look at the color choices and design style Sister Mary Scraphia chose on this 1960's Picasso-esque rendering. I was a product of St. Martin Catholic church on Chicago's south side. Those of you that know the church can testify to its beauty. The museum quality stained glass windows, the 20 foot long solid quarter-sawn oak pews, the Nuns dressed in traditional black & white garb along with their heavily starched habits, crucifixes & hard biscuit-toed shoes. They walked the massive halls of the church with stealth-like ninja ability. Catholic school attendees, you know what I mean! ;-D I'd turn around and out of nowhere, there'd be Father John & Sister Mary Francis standing there waiting for me to giggle, run or make to much noise on the Carrara marble floors. It was difficult not to, with my black patent leather, Cuban-heeled shoes. And the sisters were always singing in Latin, painting or making pottery of some sort. As I write this post I can hear the bells ring in the tower & remember the unforgettable sweet smell of the holy water in the marble urns in the vestibule. So Sister Scrap as she's probably affectionately called behind her back, I dig your design style! Don't you?


SOLD 10/9/11
Dimensions: 32H x 38L

FLASHBACK!
PS. In later years, the archdiocese closed & sold the magnificent St. Martin in 1990. Does anyone remember the "Golden Horseman" on the steeple of the main gable? You could see it clear from Comiskey Park at 35th & the Dan Ryan. It was rumored that a Chicago land dealer purchased it!
Father John ate Sunday dinner at our home every week! He performed the wedding ceremony of my mom & dad & all my sisters and brothers. 
Not to worry, while in undergrad at DePaul, I saw a priest in my astronomy class dressed in straight leg jeans, Chuck Taylor Converse All-stars & a priest jacket & collar. Mind you many years had passed. The prof called out my name during attendance. Rousseau? Here, I called out. During the break, I got a tap on the shoulder. I turned around and it was Father John! He asked me if I was one of the Rousseau clan from back in the day. I hugged his neck so hard, grabbed his hand and called my mom & said "guess who's in my astronomy class?" She conferenced all her sisters in & I went back in to class. That week-end who do you think was sitting at Sunday dinner with his Chuck Taylor Converse All stars & straight leg jeans?! 

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*Need something quick? Dreaming of just the right sofa? Due to time constraints, we can't post all inventory on the blog. So if there's something you're searching for, let us find it for you! When you have a moment to talk, call me! 312.450.9821 
Guten Tag!
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