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	The style is more traditional	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Spanky	Identification
	The style is more traditional than mid-century modern. A lot of furniture companies did minor style updates in the 50s and 60s to their lines to give them a fresher look---like changing the legs to simple tapered ones. (Sometimes chairs like this were made with screw-on legs but often the legs were integral to the frame and it would be unusual for an upholsterer to cut them off and replace with screw-on legs. Most likely they are original.) Determining the date of reupholstery by how the state is abbreviated is not a sure thing either. There was no law that said labels like this must conform to US Postal regs. Even mail was delivered for a long time---still is---with old abbreviations or the entire state name spelled out. Those labels are ordered in quantity and it could have taken many years to go through a big order of them before re-ordering. Same goes for zippers---upholsterers buy them in bulk so the zipper could have been 10 years old or more when finally put into use. Sometimes upholsterers will reuse an old zipper since they get relatively little wear on a cushion cover (vs. on a pair of jeans, that is!) But ultimately, the roll arms and the depth of the seat are the clues that this was not a new design in the late 50s to 1970-ish. Traditional furniture was still produced on a large scale all during that time because the new styles didn't appeal to everyone. That said, though---it's a pretty basic chair and could easily fit well with the more mod stuff of that era, if an eclectic look is ok with you. The fabric is the kind of thing found on a lot of bona fide mid-century designs---can't tell if it's wool, which would be great, or acrylic from the photos. If it's super comfortable and doesn't have a funky odor, then why not?
	RE: Need help with a Søren Willadsen Tables	1 Relevance	5 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	Identification
	Illums Bolighus was not a normal retailer. For a very high end retailer who people looked to for the direction of the market it was very important to hide who their vendors were so that every other retailer could not walk into the store flip a chair over and know what to buy for their store tomorrow. But Illums also wanted the best stuff from producers with big name designers who might have the leverage to demand that Illums accept marked pieces (and thereby do marketing for the maker and the designer). Illums also wanted exclusive items that makers did not sell to anyone else, or exclusive variation, anything exclusive basically, guaranteeing they would not compete with everyone else just on price. So what I have seen with a case like Finn Juhl / Niels Vodder is evidence that the marking was negotiated on a piece by piece basis, and I would not be surprised if this changed over time because the whole feeling around marking was changing then. Something exclusive to Illums Bolighus like the FJ40 writing desk was never marked (this is the sort of piece that was made by Illums and had they not carried it, it is likely it would be a fossil in photographs). High volume pieces like the FJ55 side chair were also unmarked. The FJ45 was also a high volume piece, comparatively, so it was unmarked. The Chieftain and the Judas table were low volume items (the Judas was not even in the catalog) and so Niels Vodder was able to demand the right to mark them. I have not found the evidence to guess exactly the negotiation with Johannes Hansen looked like, but I imagine it was similar to Niels Vodder. Certainly all the same principles applied. The more value that Illums saw in a piece the more they wanted it unmarked. The major thing, well maybe, two thing that we as collectors today have to understand is that our (false) idea that the mark conveys authenticity and is valuable had absolutely nothing to do with the reasons behind marking back then. And the second related thing is that in English we consider the mark to be the maker’s mark, but for the industry back then, certainly in the early days, a mark was the retailer’s mark even when it said something like Snedkermester Jacob Kjær, the point was that Kjær was the retailer, not the maker. (And this is why hand cabinetmaker pieces were more frequently marked compared to factory pieces: because cabinetmakers had no other retailers but themselves).
	Something to say now...	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Something to say now... I have been avidly reading this thread with much interest, but little to say. To reference Koen's mini-essay on Michael Baxendall, I am a consumer, not a designer. But I am intrigued by the concept of the designer's culture/original intent/desire to 'fit in' to the audience/consumer culture. I know that I can't avoid looking at a design object without coloring it with my own viewpoint of it's value. For an example, I've spent a lot of time in my professional life traveling. I've stayed in all kinds of hotels with some of the wierdest ideas of what a traveler needs for comfort. In a few instances I have been completely unable to grasp why a particular item is needful for my 'hotel-happiness'. One item that particularly comes to mind is the ubiquitous pants-press found in UK hotels. The damned thing is totally useless for pressing pants as far as I can tell. (Although it has dried damp socks and heated my towels fairly well on occasion. However, the pants-press seems to be something that UK travelers want and need. My point here is that I'm an American (which is a bit embarrassing to admit at the current time). American culture is derived in large part from British culture, but this simple item is pretty much non-existent here. Is it because it is not a culturally valued thing? I know that this is a bit of a silly example, but what I'm trying to say is that cultural habits seem to run deep even in the most mundane of things, therefore how is it that a designer can successfully cross cultural bounds? Maybe he/she actually doesn't and I love the Wassily chair for totally different reasons than Breuer designed it for?
	Did you know Ebay has message...	1 Relevance	15 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Did you know Ebay has message... Did you know Ebay has message boards for just this kind of thing?
	Your kitchen is amazing. I...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	whitespike	General discussion
	Your kitchen is amazing. I... Your kitchen is amazing. I wouldn't change one thing.
	WOW,	1 Relevance	18 years ago	DudeDah	General discussion
	WOW, the only thing UGLIER than a just-because-we-can-Marshmallow-Sofa is a just-because-we-can-Marshmallow-sofa IN PURPLE!! ;0)
	nice find, will you...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	nice find, will you... nice find, will you re-cover? Its not really a domestic thing though.
	Mens Vogue????? I had no...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	jonnymiller	General discussion
	Mens Vogue????? I had no... Mens Vogue????? I had no idea such a thing existed....
	take them to court...you woul...	1 Relevance	15 years ago	WaywardVintage	General discussion
	take them to court...you woul... take them to court...you would obviously win back some of your money...and if you sell the chair you sell your proof...the last thing you should do it sell it...If you were in any court im sure the judge would award you compensation.
	You are priveledged, grain li...	1 Relevance	16 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	You are priveledged, grain li... You are priveledged, grain like that only comes from an old tree, please keep it away from sources of dry heat, cool air, or direct sunlight, don't put it near an air conditioning outlet. I usually dislike this sort of thing but if it were mine I'd put some sort of fabric runner on the top. Did I mention I'm deeply envious?
	I love the internet!	1 Relevance	16 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	I love the internet! I right clicked on the picture that Geo posted, found the name Zak bowl and then found the thing on Amazon! That kind of sh*t makes my day! That is a way cool bowl, methinks I might like one! http://www.amazon.com/Zak-Designs-8-Inch-Medium-Serving/dp/B001DSSXDE/re...
	Hard to say...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	Hard to say... Hello Nervuss, hard to say if this information is 100% correct but I've seen the table several times on different sites and with different sellers with the same information. I also know there are several going arround in Belgium and The Netherlands so the 'Meubilier de France'link makes sense... One thing for sure, it's a realy cool table. 😉
	I think	1 Relevance	17 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	I think I think the thing above all to remember is that while we have spent time collecting these lovely things and cherishing them -- before we owned them someone else did. They used them everyday; they had children; they had parties and friends and family over. It is furniture and it is meant to be used. Most damage is reversible and most furniture isn't one of a kind -- your friends and family are.
	Be glad yours isn't a "sputnik"	1 Relevance	19 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	Be glad yours isn't a "sputnik" Sputnik lamps are a cliché, along with starburst clocks, and Egg chairs. (Yes, the Egg chair's a beautiful thing, but a cliché nonetheless. Don't blame me, blame Madison Avenue.) Your new lamp's better, regardless-- horizontal and vertical trump diagonal any day.
	i bought one of those Al...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	i bought one of those Al... i bought one of those Alphaville nelson bench's for my office, and they were pure D crap, fell apart I had one of my carpenters take it apart and completly put it back togehter again with screws instead of cheap staples, looks great and you can set a elephant on it now, They were just being cheap but one thing i can say the wood was great on it,.