This submission comes from Eric Meeks of Modern Self. Meeks, a California designer, built his table from a treasured heirloom, i.e. a slice of a monkey pod stump stowed away on a naval ship and lost for years in Mr. Meeks grandmother’s garage. Anyway, it’s a long story. Read all about the lineage of this beautiful and Noguchi-esque piece of furniture at Eric’s site: modernself.com. Eric also suggests a look at his interior design handiwork and possibly a peek at what I assume is his unsuspecting girlfriend in lingerie (a dollar to the first person who gets the reference).
Categorized | Furniture, Lust Factor: Warm, Wood
Modern Coffee Table by Eric Meeks
Posted on 24 January 2007 by Brandon Thomas Baunach
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January 24th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Wow…what a beautiful and unique table! And bravo to Erik for reclaiming the wood and honoring its past with such a lovely design. I’ve never seen furniture made out of monkey pod before. It’s striking.
Peggy Farabaugh
http://www.VermontWoodsStudios.com
Fine Furniture from Sustainable Sources
January 24th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Peggy,
I really love monkey pod, and almost any furniture I have seen made with it is amazing. I am not a wood expert, but I believe the wood is difficult to get a hold of, especially large pieces. The photos on my website don’t even show enough detail to really see how amazing the wood is. There are tiny little pores that give the wood this really cool spotted look. We used a basic walnut finish on the wood with a clear coat on top of that. But somehow the wood just seems too glow with an amazing amber color.
I went and checked out your website and I really like what you are doing with your furniture, especially the sustainable forestry practices that you are committed to.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I have looked at the above picture of coffee table, I have a slab of monkey pod about 1 1/2 inches to 2 inches thick my father was given in Hawaii about 50 years ago. The edges were not smoothed down but, left in original state and we made it into a coffee table.
How would I go about getting an estimate of what it is worth. My father died many years ago, and my mom just this year. We need to close the estate and I need to be able to give some estimate on coffee table to do this.
Thank, Linda Larrivee
November 26th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Very good question. This is one area I have no good knowledge of at all. I would say because of the rarity of the monkey pod wood that I would not part with it for any less than $1000, but that is such a ballpark guess. Anyone who gave you a quote would want to see the quality of craftsmanship and know the maker to get a good feeling of its worth. This may swing prices between $500 and $5000 depending on these factors. Sorry if this is not much help.