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Brock Galerie owners Cameron Smith (with his dog, Jackson), left, and Tom Kurthy mix major 20th century European designs with brawny industrial pieces. We like to find things in a weathered state and not mess with it, Smith says. Leaving something in its original condition is the best tribute to its beauty. Here they’re perched on a table ($6,200) from an old wool factory. The Vico Magistretti lamp from 1964 ($3,200) is next to an old book press ($325). Kurthy sits on a red leather Arne Jacobsen Seagull chair ($3,200). (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Among the other items in the store: a six-legged steel table ($3,800) and a World War I-era Navy telescope ($450). (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Brock Galerie also has this 1968 Poul Kjaerholm-designed chair ($1,200) with a steel frame and suede straps. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Among the industrial inventory: this steel factory cart ($2,800) and a lamp made from a reclaimed street light ($1,400). (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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An Italian harp frame from the 1800s sells for $2,800. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Sconces by Charlotte Perriand ($1,800 each) form a light installation above a hand-welded steel table ($5,500). The Indonesian tobacco stool is $1,200.

Brock Galerie is at 603 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 272-3820. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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Brock Galerie owners Cameron Smith, above left, and Tom Kurthy are not graduates of the refinishing school of modern furniture. “We like to find things in a weathered state and not mess with it,” Smith says. “Leaving something in its original condition is the best tribute to its beauty.” In the new showroom where major 20th century European designs mix with brawny industrial pieces, the leather webbing on rare chairs by Alvar Aalto and Bruno Mathsson is mottled with age. Red leather Seagull chairs by Arne Jacobsen are handsomely burnished. Other offerings include a 1964 Vico Magistretti lamp and Arne Jacobsen chair, above, and a table lamp made from a reclaimed globe street light, and steel factory furniture, left. 603 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 272-3820; www.brockgalerie.com.

-- David A. Keeps

At Brock Galerie, original condition is in

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