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11-Jun-09 |
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step right up - get your "rare" here
I am taking the challenge from the "1960's lounge chair - questions" thread (well - sort of) and invite others to post their stumpers here. The "sort of" part is that I have no expectations that what I put here is rare, but as someone with a middling working knowledge of modern design I do run into things that are interesting to me but am stumped about.
Case study #1. I picked this chair up just this morning. It is "signed" (LOL - ink stamped actually) by the famous designer Inspected by 1 on the frame. It may have been tagged at one point but part of the undercloth is missing. Every thing seems original including the fabric. Any Ideas?
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11-Jun-09 |
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great initiative! :)
your...
great initiative! :)
your chair looks like it's made out of elm or beech, inexpensive woods (as against teak, rosewood..) so it would have been produced for the masses, I assume.
I'll see if I can dig something up..
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bj (BE)
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11-Jun-09 |
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I like this game :D
Definitely American made, has a Heywood Wakefield wanna-be look, kind of, sort of. One thing is for sure it isn't a DiFrutta original. Sorry to disappoint.
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11-Jun-09 |
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Designer attribution...
Designer attribution eh...how 'bout Robsjohn Gibbings. One couldn't argue the seamless seat/backrest frame evokes his strap chair. All probability...not.
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11-Jun-09 |
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So
So let me collect our consensus so far (adding my own). It must be a heywrussel oblong- fibbings chair. Now thats rare (or half baked anyway)! On the mundane side definitely american, and the construction says 1940's or 1950's is likely. Still looking for the smartest kid in class! And don't for get to post your mystery objects here. We will get a DiFrutta yet!
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glassartist (USA)
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12-Jun-09 |
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There were scores of companies
making this kind of fat, Heyward-Wakefield-influenced furniture back in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
The huge size of the back-side and seat-side bent piece indicates that it probably was not a top designer, due to it being out-of-proportion.
Nice, chunky chair, though.
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12-Jun-09 |
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Head scratcher
I've long thought that there should be just one "Chair ID" thread rather than a separate thread for each.
Anyway, here is my contribution. I've been struggling with this for a year now. The lounge chair has a strong Kjaerholm vibe and is incredibly well made of stainless steel and woven leather. But I am no closer to an attribution then when I first got it.
Any ideas?
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12-Jun-09 |
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true story
a couple of years ago an acquaintance of mine invited me over to his studio to see his "chair collection" comprised of many many chairs he bought at thrift stores over 15 years during the 80's and 90's in salem, oregon usa
there were many generic but semi-interesting chairs as well as a smattering of eames chairs, thonet, bertoia etc.
then i found one that stopped me dead in my tracks.
turns out it was a scimitar chair designed by Jørgen Kastholm and Preben Fabricius and worth 4-6k U$D , although he had no idea and paid only $15.00 for it because he thought it was "cool"
i tried to get him to sell it to me but he has hung onto it..... now we are actually neighbors and he still has the chair... i told him if he ever wants to sell it to let me know.
truly a bonafied di frutta moment if there ever was one.....
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12-Jun-09 |
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Pegboard
I want that chair. Is it for sale?
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posted by
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12-Jun-09 |
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Pegboard
Wasn't there a very similar chair on eBay about a week ago? Don't recall if there was any designer info in the listing though.
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12-Jun-09 |
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#2
While we are pondering the others.....
My number two is this torchiere. All I know is that it was purchased new in 1934. Before I bought this one I saw the same one (but the wood rings were black) in the met in new york in a small room with frankl skyscraper pieces and other similar period works. Sadly I did not pay strict attention to it, and have not been able to get any help from the met since. This was the first decent modern piece I had ever bought, and I still love it to this day. My only guess is Gilbert Rohde. Any thoughts on this one?
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12-Jun-09 |
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12-Jun-09 |
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how will......
you prepare the puppy before eating it ?
both from a cuisine standpoint as well as an emotional one for the puppy ?
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12-Jun-09 |
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Spit roasted I think.
Eero Aarnio, mine have a brass finish and better upholstery, anyone got any info? They never come up in any search on Aarnio.
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12-Jun-09 |
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12-Jun-09 |
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13-Jun-09 |
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Its a funny thought, what would you do, how far would you go....I don't think I could actually do it, not for a chair anyway but for a Felder tablesaw for sure, show me the schnauzer!
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13-Jun-09 |
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hot dog, some fun
Finally a topic to sink our teeth into, and a dog gone good one as the photos in this thread bear witness. As for spit roasting sparky can we smoke it with some dogwood? Heath is the schnauzer a weiner dog?
I am so pleased to see Difrutta is making a resurgence on the scene and as for fibbings and heyruss I can only hope more treasures surface.
I have not felt the urge to beat the dead horse of reproductions, but I will gladly jump in when silly is involved.
Pegboard, I have seen your chair only once before many years ago, but I could not find any info then either.
I hope this thread shines some light on the design.
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13-Jun-09 |
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dinner time! I really don't think I could do it. All bark and no bite me.
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15-Jun-09 |
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I have no input on the...
I have no input on the consumation of pet animals, sorry, but I do have this vanity on show. I own two matching nightstands.
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15-Jun-09 |
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Love what
you've done with your walls and floor, bj. Is that look what you might call "Penitentiary Modernism"?
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15-Jun-09 |
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BJ just chillin'
at home in front of the tube, in his Eames rocker (not pictured).
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16-Jun-09 |
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Schnauzers may be handsome little fellas but I hope you meant 'consumption' not 'consumation'.
Who knows... perhaps one day people will be able to marry their pets, but I bet getting an anulment would be tricky.
I like concrete blocks though, lay some parquetry, hang some huge prints, it would look great. Is this your house?
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16-Jun-09 |
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No, of course it's not :)...
No, of course it's not :) it's the back wall of our depot.
But I do like it as a background.
Makes the furniture look less pretentious, somehow..
Hope this doesn't dissapoint you fellas, feel free to rant on about my (fictional) life.
But please do shed some light on the furniture I brought up, otherwise a perfectly good thread will go to waste..
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16-Jun-09 |
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#1
I'm going to guess Brown-Saltman... Perhaps John Keal?
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16-Jun-09 |
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#3
So far no luck on anyones mysteries, so I will try again. I have had this one for a couple of years and recently saw a labeled one. The company is Bernstorffsminde from denmark. It is a verynice construction with dry fit through tennon stretchers, that remove for flat packing. The seat is kept tight by dowels and leather belts. Some of the designers that worked with this company are
Borge Mogensen
Anders Fasterholt
Morten Gottler
Kaare Klint
Abbe Gehl
There are probably others. Any Ideas on designer? I know Mogensen did a box frame chair for Frederica, but the construction was quite different.
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16-Jun-09 |
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My guess on that one,...
My guess on that one, glassartist, was Mogensen, given the similar work for Rasmussen, Stolefabrik, the belts and the construction and such. But I don't know.
It's a really neat chair, though probably not dogworthy.
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16-Jun-09 |
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Here's my stumper of a table...
Fell in love with this table on ebay...got it for a song and then spent a tidy sum getting it restored. According to the ebayer it had always been associated with a set of Dan Johnson gazelle chairs. It is unmarked. Came from Riverside CA. I'm going to try and post pics in the body of this message, but will link as well just in case. My restorer preserved the original luggage leather style pulls for the leaves. Whole thing operates like a dream now.
Anyone have any ideas?
And no, I'm not going to use those chairs with it. I'm in the process of getting new ones. I'm also having issues with picture posting...so bear with me...
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16-Jun-09 |
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Henry Miller
i get lots of folks telling me they have a "Henry Miller" chair.
perhaps after writing smutty and sexual novels, mr. miller
had a hankerin' to build some chairs.
a different strand of "Di Frutta"
would anyone eat a shihtzu taco for a henry miller chair ???
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posted by
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It does
have that Selig flavor but I cant find this one.
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08-Feb-10 |
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Pegboard - Have a look at...
Pegboard - Have a look at the Girsberger euro chair, and Olivier Mourgue's Joker. Both similar designs might give something away on a google search? Will have a think about that one for you.
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10-Feb-10 |
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This thread
finally has a sucessful ID! Admittedly, this time I did put a couple that had potential to be more findable, But still! thanks, guys. how about the other two? Anyone else got some more?
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