A very specific offshoot of the current vintage industrial trend is the use of vintage science lab supplies as decor - measuring devices, lab glassware and metal furnishings and lighting add just the right level of geeky style. If you like the look, you are in luck - here are 8 great finds that fit the style...
Shown above, top row, left to right:
1. Vintage Hand Painted Heart for $85 at Agent Gallery Chicago
2. 1940s Fernsig Explosion Proof Telephone for $275 at Agent Gallery Chicago
3. Vintage Industrial Mid Century Lamp for $56 at ethanollie
4. Vintage French Brass Scale for $125 at Agent Gallery Chicago
5. Vintage Lab Beakers for $10 at shavingkitsupplies
Bottom row, left to right:
6. Pair of Vintage Stools for $125 at hurstdesigns
7. 1940's Four Section Articulating Light for $245 at Agent Gallery Chicago
8. Vintage Measuring Device for $325 at Agent Gallery Chicago
Top Image: Guys Working in Research Lab Vintage Photograph for $1.50 at gwensvintage
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Although I love the look, my husband is a scientist and he warns me about the harmful substances that hang around on lab glassware. I would be sure to buy new if it were me.
Current? Martha has been doing it in her magazine for over 20 years (including the actual cabinetry in one of her kitchens). Well... she's never had a model of a heart, that's true...
Picture 5 does not show beakers. Those are graduated cylinders.
$325 for calipers?????? Really?
"...my husband is a scientist and he warns me about the harmful substances that hang around on lab glassware."
Indeed - We had to soak ours in acid to ensure that they were perfectly clean & to prevent contamination in the lab where I worked while in the USAF...
...which is what that B&W photo reminds me of - Can't say that exactly brings back happy memories.
Chem labs stink, especially when it comes to organics. I can't imagine bringing anything into my home, yuck.
Agreed on most of the above (esp. the graduated cylinders!), but I love the articulating lights - very cool.
found an amazing vintage mushroom book on my bookshelf that i never knew i had.
it's filled with amazing full color lithographs of hundreds of different types of mushrooms. all are in perfect condition with no creases or blemishes at all. perfect 10x13 size for framing!
planning on posting pages on etsy if anyone is interested.
i want to share the wealth, because i can't use all of them on my own in our small place.
Wow - those stools remind me of biology 108. Fun times.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62599159/beaker-geekery?ref=mt
http://www.ferm-living.com/chemistry-flask-porcelain-large/
get out of my head AT! I did my bathroom over in vintage lab equipment a few years ago, complete with framed anatomy posters.
i love this idea!!
My bar consists of various kinds of glass lab flasks for decanters (having worked for a lab I was able to get them pretty cheap). I always make sure to have an interesting coloured liqueur in a few just to brighten the bar up.
darn, my telephone is not explosion proof !!