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A few of our favorite things from Fishs Eddy.
West Elm
with Fishs
Eddy Gilded
Dinnerware
Set
Brooklynese
Cawffee Set
Amy Sedaris
“I Like You”
Sprinkles
LYNNE KONSTANTIN ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Jadeite Cake Stand, Milk Glass Cake Stand, Robin’s Egg Cake Stand,
Crown Tuscan Pink Cake Stand, Rose Thistle Cake Stand
Charley Harper + Todd
Oldham with Fishs
Eddy Cacti Dish Towel
Charley Harper + Todd
Oldham with Fishs Eddy
Cardinal Double Old
Fashioned Glass
Ceramic Nut Bowls
December 13 • 2018
Robin’s Egg Mixing Bowl
Cat Person Mug
Mini City Collage Tray
38
ulie Gaines and Dave Lenowitz had
just opened a small antiques shop
in New York City’s Gramercy Park
when they came across an upstate ham-
let called Fishs Ed dy — and they had
their name that proved as charmingly
quirky and memorable as the store itself.
After striking gold discovering massive
stashes of surplus dishes from restau-
rants, cruise ships and famous hotels —
vintage plates from a 1920s steamship,
a juice glass from a Jazz Age hotel or a
butter dish with the New York skyline
— in the abandoned basements and
warehouses of the Bowery restaurant
district, the shop became a worldwide
destination.
Eventually, Fishs Eddy began add-
ing its own equally iconic (and sturdy)
designs, inspired by old hotels, roadside
coffee shops and long-gone diners, plus
collaborations — with Alan Cumming,
Todd Oldham, Amy Sedaris, Cleo Wade,
West Elm and more.
For more about Fishs Eddy’s history
and heart, read Gaines’ new graphic
memoir Minding the Store (see page 35
for details). Here, a few of our favorite
things from this little piece of joy. ■
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