Carefully curated – and crafted – beautiful mid-century designs rendered in superior materials
Furniture designs that have shaped 20th Century design continue to endure and be very recognisable, thanks to film and television.
These iconic, celebrated designs still fit into today’s decor world as naturally as they did mid-20th Century.
What are considered the ‘originals’ are few and far between now; most originals today reside permanently in museums and galleries. Licensed brand holders have since also taken liberties to modify the original designs, incorporating the use of modern manufacturing technologies and improved materials, and pricing them prohibitively high.
Although the designers of these significant furniture designs once held patents, these patents have expired for decades and the designs have become accessible for replication.
Picket&Rail’s replicas are more equal than others
Specific to the smallest details of proportion, angle, stitch and build, Picket&Rail’s wide range of replicas abides by the utmost precision, faithful to the designers who conceived the designs. Uncompromised in quality and feel, held to engineering standards and using only materials of premium grade, Picket&Rail crafts superior reproductions.
Most of Picket&Rail’s modern classic pieces are still hand-finished. The legs, for instance, are professionally finished and perfectly flush with the ground. The Charles and Ray Eames-inspired Elcid Lounge Chair (1956) unerringly boasts the original design’s threaded glides in the base, which allow for the height adjustment of each foot of the chair.
Picket&Rail doesn’t merely reproduce designs; it improves on the original designs by way of more choices and better construction – such as the addition of more shock mounts in the Elcid Lounge Chair and more plywood layers in the Eames’ Molded Plywood Chair-inspired (1946) Uform and Vermina Chairs – and little structural tweaks that have been made possible with today’s technologies.
Picket&Rail’s perfectly-balanced modern classic pieces boast superior quality and are engineered to last, with custom details.
High-Quality Productions
Picket&Rail has an impressive range of materials, including an array of high-quality leather and fabric options in saturated colours so customers can customise their own modern classic pieces. The choice of upholstery blend is the user’s, to maximise the individual user’s utility and comfort in his or her lifestyle.
The choice of premium wood is also the customer’s, from sustainably-sourced wood such as American walnut, white oak, ash, beech, American maple and more.
Picket&Rail also uses fiberglass instead of plastics such as polypropylene for its shell chairs – it feels better and you can tell. Similarly, it uses stainless steel with increased rust resistance for exposed surfaces and cast aluminium and powder-coated steel instead of mild steel or plastic.
The attention to detail is showcased in its products such as Harry Bertoia’s Diamond Chair-inspired (1952) Rhine and Kevina Lounge Chairs where the lattice work of electronically-welded steel is polished to both enhance its brilliant looks as well as catch and smoothen the ends of the individual wires for the user’s comfortable seating.
Picket&Rail also uses high-quality and density-injected structural foam, such as in Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair-inspired (1958) Hatch Lounge Chair, whose dramatic structure consists of a single piece of foam other than the leg base. This ensures longevity of the chair’s structure. The hand stitching is impeccable and just like in the original Egg Chair.
Almost all of Picket&Rail’s modern classics come fully assembled. Picket&Rail’s Modern Classics Made Better’s factory-direct programme also means that these modern classics are made more affordable through the company’s commitment to the best production methods and stringent quality control.
Picket &Rail has just opened the doors to its Modern Classics Made Better flagship boutique in City Square Mall, an easily accessible eco mall that is directly connected to Farrer Park MRT station. This flagship boutique showcases the largest collection of mid-Century modern designs in Singapore.
By Nur Khairunnisa Ismail of Picket&Rail
Picket&Rail Modern Classics Made Better Gallery, City Square Mall, 180 Kitchener Road, #03-48/49, Singapore 208539, Tel: 6643 9666
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