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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| You can determine what to ask | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Spanky | Identification | |
| You can determine what to ask for them by checking what they have sold for online. Don't go by what sellers ask for them because that's often not what they eventually sell for. You could also get an appraisal from a qualified appraiser who knows MCM furniture. This forum's focus is on design and not appraising. If you're going to reupholster them, go ahead and strip off what's on there so you can see the marks. I think black vinyl was used on these originally and dealers have told me that it's what sells best Personally I would go with a good Danish wool in an appealing neutral color (or non-neutral if I was keeping them for myself!) but a lot of people prefer the easy care of vinyl. Look at how the upholstery is done here: https://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Moller-Model-75-che... The upholstery material is wrapped around to the inside of the seat rails, then stapled in a neat, straight line across. Then you trim the excess close to the staples (which should be pretty much end to end, very little to no space between) and cover the staples with black tape about 5/8" to 3/4" wide. I think gaffer tape is the closest thing to what was used originally. Black cloth bookbinding tape used to be sold all over but now it's vinyl. Don't settle for black masking tape; it doesn't hold very well and the last thing you want is strips of tape hanging down from under the chair seat! | |||||
| Whitespike | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| Whitespike you said that real nice, any thing that your parents give you, you should appreciate and cherish once they are gone it becomes a lasting memorial. That is what i tell every body that ask me about saving things that belong to their parents or replacing it, I love to tell everyone that I would rather redo something that has sentimental value than purchase new ,(not in to Queen Ann ) thank g-d my parents were not either , or i would have to alter my ways It always amazes me how many middle aged people will call me and ask about Eames Aluminum group chair owned by their dad from 1956 and how he remembered it as a little kid , should he redo it or sell it on ebay . first i say if you like it that adds 50 points and if it is your parents another 50 points, They always want to preserve it for there kids , people are funny like that, My parents both passed away at the same time and had some wonderful treasures, that my twin brother and i split up, It was real hard to part with some of the traditional furniture especially the breakfront from Baker that my mom loved to display her Prize collection Lalique, stuban, and bachrach in, cause it would not go in my modern dwelling but that is o.k I was able to keep all the original Paul Lazlo,Edward Wormley, Paul Evans City scape table and Finn Juhl for Baker furniture and one other thing that was great. the stock portfolio, now that was a great treasure to bad we had to sell some of that.... | |||||
| Oh crap, I like that one... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | rockland | General discussion | |
| Oh crap, I like that one... Oh crap, I like that one also. (I don't recall ever having a hole drilled in my forehead) Probably a good thing my home looks better sparse or it would be full of crap. | |||||
| Graves did that?!! | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Graves did that?!! I've always held out hope for two PO-MOs--Graves and Venturi. I had no idea Graves ever did something as awful as this thing at Disney. Michael, I hardly knew ye. | |||||
| FRESH | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | azurechicken (USA) | General discussion | |
| FRESH implies the latest thing:a fresh new color,shape?folding furniture is mummy fresh....Egypt. | |||||
| Cars, cars, cars... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Cars, cars, cars... "..I first learned to do without, before I learned to enjoy.."(Machiavelli) There was a time that European roads, especially the french country side was filled with "2CV" the two horses the name refered to were "fical"horse power, nothing to do with the real thing. The nice thing about them was that they were minimalist to the point were the torque of the speedometer was used to action the wipers...so you had the choice. The roof was a heavy coated fabric that could be rolled up and attached just above the rear window. The seats could be taken out in seconds, leaving a flat bottom that could accomodate two pneumatic beds. The engine was a flat two cylinder four strokes and most of us only needed two hours to take it apart completely, with only two sizes of keys. A small bracket held the doors in place but by removing one screw you could slide them up and enjoy riding the shoreline leaving your doors and seats behind. The open roof and the removable seats allowed you to transport almost anything. Wind from the back would increase your speed by 15 km/hr and a good headwind would reduce your speed to a safe 75 km/hr. I always used to have two of them. One to use and one for spare parts. They never saw the interior of a garage becaus eyou could do everything yourself...those were the days. | |||||
| Hey, guys-- | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Hey, guys-- got a new tip! Someone somewhere mentioned using soap flakes as a regular treatment to clean and condition woven rattan. Well, as I was getting ready to weave the last two of a set of six chairs, I had a brilliant [cough] idea: do the pre-soak in soapy water! The damp cane may have been slightly softer and maybe it stayed damp longer, I'm not sure. But one thing I noticed is that it didn't get as gray when I left it in too long. I think I'll do a comparison test---like soaking cane in clear and soapy water for the exact amount of time and seeing how they look side by side. It did seem maybe slightly more slick in weaving, which is a good thing. I just used Ivory soap bars grated into hot water, probably about half a bar of soap. It was a lot but then I just used the same water for the whole chair, which I wove in a day. It didn't seem to make much difference whether it was hot or at room temp. By the way, I had to order one extra hank of binder cane from Country Seat and the quality was really disappointing. Lots of splits and breaks and flaws. Even the better stuff I used didn't seem as fine quality as the original stuff on the chairs I did. If anyone finds a source for high quality cane, please post it here! | |||||
| 3-legged... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| 3-legged... funny, I have a thing for 3-legged tables, I find them elegantly balanced. But, I've always thought 3-legged chairs were awkward and uncomfortable. | |||||
| IKEA | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| IKEA I saw this exact thing in IKEA yesterday in the "AS IS" department. They only had one but usually the stuff there is currently available. The one I saw was chrome or polished steel and was about 7" deep. http://ikea.com | |||||
| I agree, Paul Evans... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Jobiemed | General discussion | |
| I agree, Paul Evans... I agree, Paul Evans is amazing. I purchased one of his coffee tables in Chicago w/ the origonal green glass for $35 from the origonal owners daughter, and sold it the next day for $1800. 3 months prior to that, when I was much less familiar with his designs, I passed on a $200 zig zag coffee table of his in a thrift store. I've now seen it at auction for over $4000! I may be wrong, but I think that anything Pierre Cardin is going to command Evans/Kagan prices one day (not now of course). There wasn't much produced in the 70's (I think furniture was only made for like 3 years), so his pieces are already far and few between. A lot of table lamps and buffets pop up, but not much else. His pieces are very HIGH quality. I own one of his huge and heavy coffee tables - the thing is like 4' x 4' and weighs nearly 300lbs of chrome plated steel. Its one of my favorite pieces. I've seen it on 1stdibs twice and sold for over $3000, or so they told me. Other investments for the far far future, I would bet on Peter Protzman desks, credenzas, and wall units by Herman Miller. The zebra grain he used is amazing. I'm not sure why his stuff doesn't do better already. But again, great thing to purchase for a few hundred dollars now, and hopefully sell in the thousands 10 years from now. Just thought I would add my thoughts... | |||||
| All good. I wasn't right on | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | ossrk79 | Identification | |
| All good. I wasn't right on the Vodder, but it was just a guess and sometimes you go down a different path. Think I found it, but I have to double check the construction details and do some more digging. Randers. jens Hjorth. The best thing about being forced to dig is that ID'd a bunch of other stuff on the local classifieds that I can scoop up. | |||||
| That is a very interesting | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | Identification | |
| That is a very interesting mark. And I see that it has a dust cover underneath the seat. Very unusual. The stamped number, is it 109? Any others? That does not look like the sort of thing that would be on a handmade piece. But it looks like fairly low volume, high end production. I would also guess that it is newer than the 1960s, possibly very new. | |||||
| waffle, try putting the dowel | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| waffle, try putting the dowel end on a piece of blank paper for the detail shot. When you have a background with any kind of pattern to it, like the woodgrain of the table or the highly textured placemat, the camera will insist on focusing on that rather than the thing you want to photograph. | |||||
| Eames Plastic Side Chairs at McDonalds | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | ChadHahn | General discussion | |
| I'm on vacation with my daughter and we stopped at McDonalds. I was surprised to see that the chairs, at least 30, were all Herman Miller ( and I checked too). It's a good thing I don't live here or else I'd be tempted to see how many I could sneak out. 🙂 Chad http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadhahn/sets/72157645072788110/ | |||||
| Craigslist help | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | jdip | General discussion | |
| Need a bit of help. Took a bit of a hiatus from selling stuff on craigslist amd wanted going to start up again. Having issues with listing though. Looks like they are being ghosted as craigslit states the adds are active but they do not come up in searches. Just opened a new account, different IP address, email etc and the same thing is happening. Any ideas on how to fix this? | |||||
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