"Spectum" telephone table/entry hall bench designed by Arne Wahl Iverson for Ikea, 1950s-60s. Oak and teak veneer.
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"Spectum" telephone table/entry hall bench designed by Arne Wahl Iverson for Ikea, 1950s-60s. Oak and teak veneer.
Telephone Bench, 1955
Antique Telephone or Gossip Bench
Antique Telephone or Gossip Bench
This is a nice little gossip bench, reminiscent of the old days when we all had “party lines”. When we lived in Bryant Pond, my family had the old-fashioned crank (or “ringie-dingie”) phone, that was attached to the wall. Mom would pick up the receiver and ask the operator to connect her to whomever she wanted to speak… often the operator would tell her that so and so had gone to “Loyston”…
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