Identify this wine rack
February 12, 2009 10:15 AM Subscribe
Help me identify this wine rack. I purchased these at a flea market about 10 years ago and would like to expand the rack to hold more bottles. The tubular sections are extruded so they come apart and inter-lock. Anyone know who manufactured them so I could know what to search for?
To me it looks as a aluminum-profile, cut in sections.
You might be served by asking a metal-distributor about the specific profiles.
posted by Rabarberofficer at 10:38 AM on February 12, 2009
You might be served by asking a metal-distributor about the specific profiles.
posted by Rabarberofficer at 10:38 AM on February 12, 2009
Yeah - if there are no defining maker marks, it might be some one-off. I can't imagine a company would make an interesting product without branding it somewhere.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:03 AM on February 12, 2009
posted by filthy light thief at 11:03 AM on February 12, 2009
It's possible, and maybe even likely, that the aluminum tubing was made for another purpose and got re-purposed into a wine rack. You could try bringing it to some industrial metal supply shops. They might have an idea.
posted by 6550 at 11:39 AM on February 12, 2009
posted by 6550 at 11:39 AM on February 12, 2009
Looks a LOT like Patent# 6209735 (except there are fewer extrusions/channels). Also there's this competition design. Who knew there were at least a dozen ways to make modular aluminum wine racks, though? [e.g.]
I feel like the owners of that patent may know who made these. I don't think they were a one-off, but the product may not have been successful. Heck, it may be one of their own mock-ups. I like it better than the patent, though.
posted by dhartung at 3:17 PM on February 12, 2009
I feel like the owners of that patent may know who made these. I don't think they were a one-off, but the product may not have been successful. Heck, it may be one of their own mock-ups. I like it better than the patent, though.
posted by dhartung at 3:17 PM on February 12, 2009
I could have sworn I saw this in Dwell magazine, but of course I can't find it now. Their website search sucks too. Now this is really gonna bug me.
posted by orme at 5:48 PM on February 12, 2009
posted by orme at 5:48 PM on February 12, 2009
It's possible, and maybe even likely, that the aluminum tubing was made for another purpose and got re-purposed into a wine rack.
No. This is wrong. My parents had the exact same wine rack back in the 70s. It's still around, somewhere. It's jewel toned and very cool looking.
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:57 PM on February 12, 2009
No. This is wrong. My parents had the exact same wine rack back in the 70s. It's still around, somewhere. It's jewel toned and very cool looking.
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:57 PM on February 12, 2009
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posted by Henrik at 10:28 AM on February 12, 2009