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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

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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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