Just about everything at Pavilion is pretty wonderful — mostly midcentury European furniture and lighting — but a little crazy when you look at the tickets. [Actually, there are no tickets — as with most places like this, you’ve got to ask for numbers.] The shop does actually carry a few newly manufactured items, and they’re not outrageously priced. I was particularly taken with the porcelains from Dutch designer Aldo Bakker, which are spectacularly delicate and sinuously formed.
My favorite piece is the right-angled oil platter [on left in photo above], which you use for dipping bread. It’s an extremely functional, beautiful item that feels great in your hands. $120.
OK, I also zeroed in on this great Charles Hollis Jones Lucite chair.
It is more in line with price points you find at the store, and not what you would call particularly comfy. But it is fine-looking. They’re asking $2600.
