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	title of this thread your message The first of these Falcon chairs came with steel/chrome legs in 1970/1971. Because of the heavy weight and the new technology at the time (steaming and bending wood) the chair was fitted with lightweight glued lamell wood legs in 1974. This was a sucsess becaus the shippment cost was redused by 70%. The chair came in two sizes. A tall recliner style and a low lounge style. It also came with an ottoman and a glass table. My favorite by far is the chrome edition wich resantly has experienced a price boom because of the retro look, espesially in Asia. I visited the Vatne Mobler factory this summer. The owner told me that after closing the productionline for this chair in the late 90s, the license automaticly went back to the disigner (Sigurd Resell). He sold the license to a guy in Norway who is fabricating the tall chair in Asia with black lether and chrome legs. Vatne Mobler had some old chrome legs and brown lether pillows laying around. Ofcourse I bought them all! When I recived them I could understand why Sigurd Resell changed the design from steel to wood legs, the boxes where incredibly heavy. They came flat packed IKEA-style and were assambled only by 8 screwes under the seat. I think I used less than 3 minutes on the job. Here is a picture of the falcon-type i bought. http://www.retromoderndesign.com/easychairs/pages/PB130010_1.html (Sorry for my poor english) Regards Spikersuppa associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?