Description

SOLD to Kim in the first hour they were listed- May 2020 ($520 the pair). 

This pair of Pacific Green side tables are about 20 years and very RARE. After about 20 years in this business I’ve never come across this Pacific Green design before. They are certainly Pacific Green because they came with various other Pacific Green furniture items.

I LOVE this design! They have that signature Pacific Green look with a modernist designer twist. Pacific Green’s famous tribal look is certainly there but pared back. These are the most minimalist Pacific Green design I’ve seen. Most Pacific Green designs are bold and “heavy looking”- these are light and airy. They have that Balinese / Hawaiian look synonymous with all Pacific Green furniture- they kinda look like palm trees to me … with a modernist slant … intriguing!

Provenance and Background Information

(Written in 2019).

The best second-hand Pacific Green Furniture is being tightly held onto at the moment and with good reason. In my opinion it’s the most exceptional furniture brand to ever emerge from Australia. The construction quality exceeds virtually all furniture found in Australia including virtually all Coco Republic pieces.

Most designer items today are clinical and sterile-looking- these tables have an earthy tribal feel (with a modern designer twist).

Pacific Green Furniture is exceptionally well built- the whole sub-structure is solid steel. And to top it off this is an outstanding investment- I doubt that Pacific Green could even make this design for this listing price.

Information About Pacific Green

Pacific Green is not as obscure as I first imagined. Their business originated from the Post & Rail brand which started in Sydney in the 1970’s. I’ve stocked Post & Rail furniture before and would stock the right designs again (the quality of P & R is exceptional). Post & Rail grew into an international brand and in the late 1980’s they did the unthinkable. With a highly successful brand they changed tack completely. With the world’s new concern with deforestation and ecological threats, Post & Rail closed and re-branded as Pacific Green Furniture. Pacific Green searched the world for a sustainable quality timber for their future furniture production- the solution? Coconut wood. In the South Pacific, they found vast abandoned plantations of coconut palm trees, which were commercially planted in the early-1900’s but had reached the end of productive fruiting. The best part? Coconut wood is more resilient than virtually any timber- it thrives in areas battered by tropical cyclones.

After I’d found out that I not only did I wanted that suite in a second, I wanted to start stocking new Pacific Green furniture in iNVISeDGE (which would be a first for us because we only sell used furniture). But there’s more. Pacific Green set a benchmark for modern, sustainable business in the Pacific. In the late-1980’s land was leased, not bought, to respect indigenous ownership. Their factory was built in consultation with the surrounding villages and employed only local people. Business and skills training programmes were established. The majority of the business is owned by Fijians- the drive and designing arm still happens here in Australia.

Pacific Green today has grown from that little furniture-making firm that started in the Rocks, Sydney back in 1973 (as Post & Rail). I am inspired and heartened they changed tack back in the late 1980’s when ecological threats were barely discussed. I can write nothing critical about this suite or Pacific Green- if I wasn’t busy with iNVISeDGE I’d want a job with them.

The best thing about Pacific Green is the inspiration it evokes- Pacific Green ticks every box and proves that businesses can be successful, ecologically responsible and socially-aware. These tables are already over 20 years old, so it’s obvious they’ve been built to last. This pair will certainly continue to tell stories for generations to come- just like Post & Rail furniture already has. Mark my words, Pacific Green Furniture will be the antiques of tomorrow. There’s no better way to invest in your home, reduce landfill and your carbon footprint.

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