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	title of this thread your message Thanks for all of those observations. I think the thing that intrigues me the most about my chair at this point is the unknown circumstances of its creation, although I admit I would not mind knowing. Probably the biggest difference between my chair and a Lamino is how the armrests are attached to the chair legs (the legs are made of about 18+ layers of veneer). The red arrows show how the joints on my chair armrest components are sort of half-dovetail joints. For a veneer/plywood chair, this kind of joint might actually be seen as disconcerting, since it creates a sort of inherent "wedge" that could be seen as threatening to help split the laminated veneer apart (and Lamino's can suffer from delamination problems). So, I can see why Swedese might opt to not produce the chair with that kind of joint. On an actual Lamino (yellow arrows), the joints are a scalloped sort of inlay cut, and without the dovetail/wedge shaped joint. I have considered that the chair might be the result of an ambitious home woodworking project, or perhaps the product of a furniture making class that was stressing the use of laminate veneer construction. In any case, the person who made it was pretty skillful and paid a lot of attention to detail, and did not really leave any clues that would say it was done by an amateur or in a home workshop. In the end, it is hard for me to believe that someone would be able to remain so faithful to the form and profile of the Lamino by doing everything from scratch, especially making all the laminate components. It would just be so difficult to accomplish, and for what reason? It all just makes it seem more bizarre. I have no way of knowing if my chair is a prototype, but it does seem to fit neatly between Ekstrom's Kurva chair and the Lamino, since the main difference between a Kurva and the Lamino is how the armrests are applied to the chair. associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?