I was poking around my favourite junk store the other day when I came across an interesting piece. It looked like it would be a perfect thing to hold frequently-used files in my new-but-not-yet-finished office space. 
Any hints and suggestions? I'd love to know what it was. In the mean time, I will be using it to hold files.Update: Some people have suggested magazine holder. It's pretty small, as you can see in relation to the letter-sized files. Since it's fairly decorative, I am thinking it might have been used on a table. Also, with the center handle decoration, it may have been used for something small, so it could be seen and carried. Mail, maybe?
PS... I found the files at a local stationery store, and also get nice-looking ones at Tuesday Morning. I figure if I am going to file things, the files should be pretty. I have also gotten some pretty files at the dollar store.
I bet you it is a file folder! BTW, thanks for dropping by my blog before!
ReplyDeleteI imagine it as a magazine rack but I can definitely see how it could be a file holder. Interesting piece. Very fun.
ReplyDeleteYou're right it's too closed up to be a toast rack so I am going to say it's for mail but files work too. It's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that perhaps it's a letter holder? Whatever, it's awfully pretty!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'd have to agree that it's a mail holder. Very beautiful, though!
ReplyDeleteIf you don't mind me asking, where did you find those files? They are gorgeous!!
I'm going with mail sorter. Which frees up your toast rack in time for tomorrow's breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe marble was a stroke of brilliance.
My initial instinct was a toast holder. Some of those can be pretty fancy. You're so lucky. I've been looking for something decorative like that to hold mail.
ReplyDeleteI bet it was a magazine or newspaper holder = maybe magazine were smaller back then? anyway - enjoy it, I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe marble in place of the missing foot is such a clever repair. My vote is that it was a mail holder but it certainly makes an admirable file holder. And your files are certainly nicer than any others I've seen.
ReplyDeletePOWDERED TOAST MAN!!! (Am I the only remaining fan of the Ren and Stimpy character who loved to cry "Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!"?)
ReplyDeletenapkin holder maybe???
ReplyDeletesnappyetc beat me to it. I was going to guess napkin holder, too!
ReplyDeleteYa, i'd say it was somesort of mail holder - don't toast racks generally have slots along the sides?
ReplyDeleteI'm headed to the book thing saturday morning - wish me luck ( and don't take all the copies of 'i married adventure' before I get there!! ).
thanks for letting me know about where you got your cards. I'm going to bookmark it for next year, if I want to do some big mailing for the store.
ReplyDeleteDid you figure out what it is yet?
My first guess would be a napkin holder.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a toast holder.
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