Featured Does anyone recognize this 1960s stereo wall unit?

And it came with speakers installed?

 

I was wondering the same thing, Anti!

 

danish cado

possibly of course
peace

 

I think I'm getting old, I remember units where the speakers were hidden. Here is a GE Stereophonic Hi Fi with similar material on the door. I didn't see any wall units but didn't do much searching. Who made the turntable? I can see some hipster snapping this up quickly
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/231248380/reserved-vintage-general-electric?show_sold_out_detail=1

 

looks like they were copying cadovius. doubt cadovius was copying GE.

 

Is the turntable up on the left, behind the closed cabinet doors?

The darker wood and orange color of the fabric on the speaker cover doors would have matched my own parent's 1960s Lane furniture! WAG : Lane on color alone.

 

could be
here is one where they think is by Founders - I've never heard of Founders before. The material on the doors is a pretty close match to yours book
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/701..._gallery-1-6&referring_page_type=market&frs=1

 

No, but I like the little chest on the bottom right in the top image!!!

 

Your sister would be wrong ! MCM collectors would be all over this . Theres got to be a maker stamped somewhere on it,probably in the most difficult spot. What I like about it is that it manages to be substantial yet airy. Do the speakers still work ? What are those colorful things by the pictures on the left hand side ?

 

I love it! Definitely a desirable item to the trendy/retro set.
Sorry, I can't actually offer any new info.

 

@antidiem I thought the very same thing. The "HiFi" from the 50's in the living room (my P's) had the same mesh; the Lane was everywhere... so...
Very late 50/s early 60s?
Then there's this:

That magnetic clasp didn't really show up til the 70s but, were they the Bomb!

So maybe Speaker Retrofit? to a furniture maker's cabinet? The mesh looks newer (lighter) too, when comparing the speaker cover to the door mesh.

No idea about makers. Just a general impression.

 

If you can't find any marks, see if you can find the same bent steel shelf hangers. If not, bear in mind that this could have custom made by a cabinet maker. Stereo equipment was quite expensive back then, so getting a custom cabinet didn't add that much to the price. I bought a stereo at an estate sale (in Arlington MA a couple decades ago) in a case with identical rattan doors that I finally concluded must have been custom made. It fit the built in stereo perfectly but wouldn't work for any other. The estate sale threw in a matching record cabinet (and were glad to get rid of it). This was long enough ago that they considered the MCM style cabinets to have no value; it was the tube stereo that I was paying for.

Does it still have the original stereo equipment? If so, show pics of that!

 

Beautiful table, Book! Love MCM furniture!

agreed!

 

Looking at that is like time travel for me. Takes me right back to when I was a kid. We didn't have that one, but something along that style. We also had a Victrola that was in the living room in a cabinet.

 

some vintage bang & olufsen beovox speakers etc would be cool.

sometimes there is a little black and white label that says royal system design poul cadovius on the back of the shelves.