{"title":"Quiet Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis hour belongs to nobody but you: one chair, a lamp you actually turn on, somewhere to set a cup down without hunting for a coaster first. Nothing in here is precious. The wear on a piece is proof somebody used it, and that means more to us than something that spent forty years being kept careful.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kosta-boda-glass-vase","title":"Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda Iridescent Miniature Vase, Artist Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small onion of gold glass, about three inches tall, with white threads pulled into feathers across the body and a short flared neck. It sits in the palm of a hand and catches whatever light is in the room; the iridescence shifts from honey to rose as you turn it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base carries a diamond-point signature in the polished pontil: BODA, ÅFORS, B. VALLIEN, and the pattern number 48465. The original Boda foil label is still on the body. Bertil Vallien made these Artist Collection miniatures at the Åfors glassworks around 1977 to 1983, and this one has the crisp signature and even iridescence that the good examples show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent. No chips, cracks or scratches. Iridescence bright and even, label intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 in. tall, 2.5 in. across. Weight 3 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Decorative. Fine for a single dried stem; not for food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFound at Tasty Bird Vintage, Cincinnati, September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected North","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49358464745707,"sku":"CN-2609-TBV-GL01","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/files\/CN-2609-TBV-GL01_Primary.jpg?v=1789245346"},{"product_id":"marimekko-joonas-cushion-cover","title":"Marimekko Joonas 1961 Cushion Cover, Black \u0026 White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarimekko Joonas cushion cover\u003c\/strong\u003e in a crisp black-and-white graphic print. Joonas is Maija Isola’s 1961 pattern, and this is a later Crate \u0026amp; Barrel licensed edition, a useful detail for collectors of Marimekko textiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new and never used; print is sharp and the zip works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17 x 18 in. flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e textile cushion cover with zip closure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean, high-contrast accent for a modernist sofa, reading chair, or layered bed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anneteex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49358480736491,"sku":"CN-2609-TBV-TX02","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/files\/CN-2609-TBV-TX02_Primary.jpg?v=1789338500"},{"product_id":"20th-century-art-design","title":"20th Century Art \u0026 Design, Auction Catalogue","description":"\u003cp\u003e20th Century Art \u0026amp; Design, a softcover auction catalogue of American art pottery and decorative arts: page after page of Weller, Rookwood, Fulper, Van Briggle and their neighbours, each lot photographed and described with its estimate. Useful as a reference for marks and prices of the period, and good company on a coffee table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuction houses like Christie's and Sotheby's turned out illustrated sale catalogues like this one by the hundreds through the later 20th century, each a snapshot of a single sale's estimates and lot descriptions. The house behind this particular one isn't marked, but the format is unmistakable: glossy stock, lot numbers, estimate ranges throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e covers clean with light shelf wear, spine square, pages bright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5 by 11 in., about a quarter inch thick. Weight 25.6 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFound at Tasty Bird Vintage, Cincinnati, September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected North","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49358483652843,"sku":"CN-2609-TBV-BK01","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/files\/CN-2609-TBV-BK01_Primary.jpg?v=1789338500"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/0848\/2539\/collections\/cn-ph-collection-cozy-corner.jpg?v=1788389695","url":"https:\/\/collectednorth.com\/collections\/quiet-hours.oembed","provider":"Collected North","version":"1.0","type":"link"}