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Cliff Rohrabacher
09-17-2008, 5:51 PM
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I am stumped. What is it and what does one do with it~?
It's called a Canterbury. That however tells me nothing
Google has a few pictures of canterbury's / canteburies ( what's the plural of Canterbury)
David DeCristoforo
09-17-2008, 6:01 PM
Magazine rack. Google "Canterbury magazine rack" for more info
Tony Joyce
09-17-2008, 6:02 PM
or Magazine Table.
Tony Joyce
Cliff Rohrabacher
09-17-2008, 6:10 PM
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this is called an Aesthetic movement canterbury
What is it?
Cliff Rohrabacher
09-17-2008, 6:13 PM
I see.
The HUGE one I saw in MALLET's auction site was maybe for really large publications like sheet music etc.
Until I saw one in scale with other items that gave it perspective I thought it was maybe 3 or 4 feet high.
I was scratching my head.
James Ashburn
09-17-2008, 11:24 PM
It is a newspaper rack. They drape over the tops like sheets on a clothesline.
Cliff Rohrabacher
09-18-2008, 8:47 AM
It is a newspaper rack. They drape over the tops like sheets on a clothesline.
It would seem that this piece of furniture has run the gamut from large to small and has been around for a very long time.
Frank Drew
09-18-2008, 12:26 PM
It is a newspaper rack. They drape over the tops like sheets on a clothesline.
The photo of the Aesthetic Movement Canterburys could well be a newspaper racks; sometimes they're designed to hold removable rods or blades that the papers are draped over. The curved-top sides in Cliff's first examples are decorative but wouldn't suit draped newspapers.
A Canterbury is a very English item, like fireplace fenders.
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