Couldn't Hurt

I love Sheaf of Wheat Tables. I also love the lamps, chandeliers, candle sticks and anything else Sheaf of Wheat. The sheaf of wheat signifies fertility, strength,” the bounty and beauty of life”. So it would be quite wonderful that one would have these decorative items in there homes, may bring these things to one: Couldn’t hurt.

In the Paris apartment of Coco Chanel, there sits a Sheaf of Wheat Table low with a glass top finished with a brass edge: I think, for what reason I don’t know. This may have been a gift from Salvatore Dali…Or maybe just the painting of wheat. I can’t remember anyway it makes a good story. I carry a photo of the apartment ( the table is in the shot) I have carried it in my appointment book since I ripped it out of a magazine in 1996.Needless to say it is quite tattered I will slip it into a zip lock bag (another thing I love, how did people live before them) before putting it away. Anyway these tables and other decorative items became extremely popular during the last of the sixties and thru the seventies. Many of them were imported by a company still in business today: Decorative Crafts. I talked to them this morning no one there seems to know the exact story of the table.  I bet it had something to do with the Chanel table. I have sold many of these tables and other items from Decorative Crafts.

 The tables sold were all vintage from my previous store in Virginia. It was of course  called JAK. All of these pieces are very desirable and indicative of a very glamorous time in the decorative arts. Sometimes they can still be found sitting in someone’s garage but more than likely one will pay a hefty price for these items today…And if you want to really glamour them up, my friend, Toni says a bit of BLACK spray paint will do just that!!!