Dramatic Women in Gowns! With Furniture!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

American of Martinsville, 1960s

My favorite, despite the blurring - "intangible artistry"?  "wistful reminder"?

There's so little in this that makes sense - from the tricorner Revolutionary War hat to the musket and ?plastic trash bag? in front of the credenza, the moonlit Southern ambiance with a Cape Cod lighthouse, and of course the model's dramatic/terrified pose in her ballgown and full-length gloves.

Care to speculate on a story for this one?






Broyhill Furniture, 1958



Virginia House from Virginia-Lincoln Furniture Corp.,1940-45?



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Comments

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

I'd be staggered too to come home from the party (and several cocktails) to find the credenza in the front yard.

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

And I love me some Mrs. Peel.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Nobody did that role better.

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

I didn't bother to see Uma's attempt. Sacrilege.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

But why is the front yard full of wall-to-wall shag carpeting???

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

I'm going to blame the ghost of the colonial gunman who left his tricorn and rifle. I've heard of poltergeist activity but this is ridiculous.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Upholstergeist?

:flees:

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

Go into the light!

[blodeuedd.livejournal.com]

I think I love you. <3

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Clearly she shot someone (a Revolutionary war re-enactor, perhaps) and the plastic on the ground is for dragging the body away. Because it wouldn't fit in the credenza.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

And she would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids!

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, it's my bedroom set! The Virginia House maple ad is showing the two dressers, mirror and bed that came with my house, which i still use. "Built to Endure" is no idle boast. This stuff is like iron, and still in fantastic shape after all these years. I really wish I had the nightstand and dressing table to go with it, though. The original buyers went for the 79.95 special, I guess!

It is amazing that what was cheap furniture back then is built better than the expensive stuff is today.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

I seriously love the furniture in that ad. Lucky you!

[siberian-cat.livejournal.com]

Her favourite credenza decided to become a pirate, and came to bid adieu to her.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

You win. That's brilliant! XD

[nyxalinth.livejournal.com]

I think the company didn't know what they wanted, and the ad agency tried gamely to combine all the ideas they were waffling over :)

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

It's a vampire credenza from the Revolutionary War,hiding in attics during the day because there's always old furniture up there and nobody would notice. The great thing is, if you're a vampire credenza, you carry your own coffin.

I want the first and last gown. The Cassini looks like Oleg put a train on the side for the hell of it.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

I love the gown in the third ad and the livingroom in the second ad.

Maybe she stumbled upon a stupid robbery in progress?