Cadillac Couches
probably the most popular of all the Cadillac "furniture" items
[ many are shown courtesy of Doc Sabatino ]

1955-56, from start to "please sit down"

This one is different in that the BACK of the seat is
the focal point


A rather plain 1959 Cadillac arm chair
(source:
New York Times, July 28, 1963 Cad 59 armchair
The 1959 Cadillac couch is a popular home furnishing for the
car nut. One of our friends in Switzerland has one [see "Shark 59" story].
I witnessed its "delivery"
to his penthouse apartment in Geneva; they had to get a crane to hoist it onto the
terrace and four
strong men to carry it through the French windows into the lounge




This couch was made for R&B artist, Fats Domino,
by CLC member, Bob Millian

Left: Fats autographed this photo of him seated on
the custom-made couch
Plaque (right) hides behind arm rest of Fats' couch (left)

Sadly, Fats' custom "Pink Cadillac
Convertible" couch was all but destroyed
during the "Katrina" flooding in New Orleans, in 2005
[ Photo: Linda Nix ]

(Left) Miniature ceramic couch with Elvis, reading
(Right) Painting (?) of 59 Cadillac couch

In the painting (left) you can see a 1959 Cadillac
couch (at lower right)
The "1959" couch at the left is a Fiberglas fake



Above three rows: These are more "fake" car
seats molded in Fiberglas or similar


The making of a 1959 Cadillac couch




Here are another two "Before" and
"After" shots
in the creation of a 1959 Cadillac couch

Center picture: ©1999 Suzi Randal

Nifty, "1959 Cadillac" wall-mounted stand
for wide-screen TV



Left: Couch-builder, Bob Millian, seated with lucky
buyer
Right: Bob's workshop; on wall (left), custom music center
built into 1960 Cadillac front clip (see details below)
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