Rob Brinkley
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- January 11, 2012
This is not your typical stash of mid-century detritus. Yes, you’ll see Mr. Eames and Mr. Nelson popping up here and there, but the aesthetic at River Regency Antiques & Modern — a mixed-up little shop on Riverfront Boulevard — is a bit more swank, a bit more Barbarella. Dr. Morris Prigoff is responsible: The podiatrist had various booths at shops all over town when, finally, he thought, Why not open my own store? Behold the answer, a crowded jumble of furniture, lighting, art and accessories — from a one-off, amoeba-shaped architect’s desk to a lipstick-red wiggle of a sofa to a set of glossy white 1960s Fiberglas side tables that look like gigantic molars. There are chairs, cocktail tables, sofas, dinette
sets, even an unofficial shop mascot: the mounted African antelope head in the back room, surveying the scene. (He’s for sale, too.) The whole mélange is looked after by shop manager Robert Solache, who is passionate about the pieces herein — and, when not waxing on about Danish Modern cocktail bars or estate-sale finds, creates his own interesting art. Pull up a Milo Baughman lounge chair, and he’ll tell you all about it. 1500 N. Riverfront Blvd., 214.760.8779; riverregency.com.
Image: River Regency Antiques & Modern. Photo by George Fiala.