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	bad	1 Relevance	21 years ago	some1	General discussion
	bad All replicas of that particular chair that i've seen are really bad , and most importantly , they are not cheap. They are just aBOUT 20-25% cheaper than Adelta international.Ball and bubble are one of the few things that is really difficult to make them in a cheap way.even if you find one that looks good it is sure that it will brake very soon.That chair might look simple but in reality it is a very difficult project .The base...the angle of the opening....the swivel mechanism of such a big ball shaped thing that has to balance when somebody seats in.The oval versions/copies are more common as they are not difficuylt to make at all
	OK, great to hear, so many folks just jump in blind and are...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	OK, great to hear, so many folks just jump in blind and are then horrified by the work Our tank just came down for our move to New Mexico. Actually the livestock got decimated by the big ice storm that hit the Northeast US in December. The power was out so long that even our battery back up died. So once the fish and invertebrates were gone it didn't make any sense to restock only to break it down after we sold. I kinda miss it, though. It's been a constant thing for the entire 18 years of our marriage. If you want something other than black, how about buying an acrylic stand and having it painted? I'm pretty sure automotive paint would bond well to that surface.
	Ive come across a couple of...	1 Relevance	15 years ago	foxxxy	General discussion
	Ive come across a couple of... Ive come across a couple of these tables in the past. The funny thing is they were both painted white at some point in their life like yours. After stripping the paint it revealed a beautiful bookmatched walnut veneer on the top. I am pretty sure yours was painted by someone as well. I'm guessing the architectual design of these tables lends themself to being painted white for some reason. That said, there is no designer attached to these tables that I could find. Nothing particularly special about the design.
	Not a shift in language. Sim...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	jesgord	General discussion
	Not a shift in language. Sim... Not a shift in language. Simply a difference between UK English and American English, I think. To us American's the words "tyre" and "colour" look ridiculous.....don't even get me started on "gaol".....;-) That said, we agreed to disagree on these things long ago. BTW, I always thought "droughts" was your funny name for checkers.....? Maybe the package means that you should send your herbs to Canada so that they don't end up in Vietnam? The English language is a funny thing, no?
	Well its a cream colour with...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Craig	General discussion
	Well its a cream colour with... Well its a cream colour with bits flaking off and light rust on the base so I wanted to take off all the old paint, maybe re-paint the head and base. Also it will need new springs (I think) or could they be polished up and de-rusted? but the main thing will be re-wiring it is the original 1940's/1950's wiring. Do you have any suggestions on the rubber sections where the wire comes out and where I can get these from. They look like cork or some other material like that on the original. Hope this all makes sense? Many thanks
	.	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. wow, in Australia we drive on the left but I had to cast my mind back to think about escalator behaviour (its so laid back where I live people just sort of amble around and stand wherever, why walk up something thats already moving?) but actually here its left, I think its because the natural place to stand is on the left but when someone wants to move past you the only thing to do is sidestep right, you unblock the flow by moving right and its become cemented from that, maybe. Footpath behaviour here is definitely left. Who knows how this consensus is reached?
	Thank you	1 Relevance	13 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	Thank you Thank you for the info from those who commented. Didn't mean to stir up a sh*t storm but have to admit I'm finding it all very interesting. Apologies to DA for originally posting the link to something for sale. Didn't know how to show the pics w/o posting the link. I decided to wait and see if he'll come down on the price. If I can get the same thing for the same price from a reputable dealer, I'd rather do that. OR let the seller realize he might not get that price and see what happens. Seems to me the point of getting it off of Craigslist is to get a bargain. It sounds like this is a fair deal but not a good deal.
	ankh1980...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Carolyn	General discussion
	ankh1980... I just had the one chair, and as you remember, considered having it re-upholstered (in off-white) which would have looked fantastic - but the style itself just didn't seem to fit in my small living area. The other one was sold separately, but I believe they were a pair once. I still love the chair, it is sooo comfortable - also wonderful is the Platner low table that is constructed with the same metal work. One thing about the older Platner pieces - the metal has a patina that, to me, is much more handsome than the new raw metal. Whoever gets this pair will have a wonderful set.
	These photos are the best I can offer, so far--	1 Relevance	19 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	These photos are the best I can offer, so far-- This ain't a Nelson bubble lamp, but I include these pics to illustrate the mechanism-- the egg-shaped thing that sits on the cord between the canopy and the lamp. THAT's the mechanism. I've seen them in different shapes & finishes (large white-finished ones, for bubble lamps). If I were you, I'd go to a decent lighting store, armed with these photos-- perhaps they could order one for you, and you could have a lamp repair guy rewire your lamp with it. (Unless, you're a do-it-yourselfer, like me...) Call it a "pull down mechanism".
	I want it. The 280 SL.	1 Relevance	10 years ago	SDR	Off topic
	I want it. The 280 SL. Prettiest personal car of all time, pretty much. Big wheels, big glass, practically nothing else -- but what's there is so subtle. Mercedes is among a few (who are the others ?) who can use the same detailing employed on a sedan, to make a sports roadster. Why invent a whole new vocabulary, as they do now ? MB has more models today that all their previous offerings, since the beginning, put together -- I bet. Whatever you fantasy, they have a sedan to fill it -- and then there are all the SUVs. Like a Jeep ? They've got one. Like a Lexus ? They've got one of those. Whew ! Now, how about the new Prius ? What the ____ ! What it tells me is that Americans (for whom the thing was doubtlessly styled, based on mucho polling and 'clinics') ) have ever worsening taste in vehicles. What a monstrosity.
	Hello LRF..	1 Relevance	20 years ago	vivienne	General discussion
	Hello LRF.. Glad you came in..i was beginning to think that there was something wrong with making a profit!. Its all a game really isnt it honey, swings and roundabouts, thats the fun!.I dont mind being told off myself, i give enough of it out so i should get some back..karma and all that.Surely we all like to find a bargain or something rare that we can cherish and love (God,ive gone all mother earth because its Sunday!).As for rents, maybe a little forward planning on the part of the tennant wouldnt be a bad thing?,always assuming that of course rents go up and very rarely down.So now im off to sell something a vastly inflated price to someone who cant afford it thereby casting them into poverty and starvation then of course...the workhouse!.
	Yes, these are much better PP	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Zephyr	Identification
	Yes, these are much better PP. One thing I see right off the bat, is that Leif was correct, the legs are veneered Rosewood. The shoes are solid wood though, and ebonized or black lacquered. Hard to say wood species definitively with the masking of the black pigment, but based on what you can see of the grain, I would say beech or oak. I would not be surprised to see that the legs are a solid basewood, with veneer on top, and the shoes being the same piece of wood as under the veneer.
	I would have him ship it in a	1 Relevance	15 years ago	Lenox	General discussion
	I would have him ship it in a 24 in. x 24 in. x 36 in Wardrobe box. They have these at home depot and he just needs to carefully remove the runners, wrap, and place those in the box with the chair. Depending on your location a box this size will make under 130 at USPS. I know this information from my last shipment of an Eames Soft pad chair. The most important thing for him to do is to buy bubble wrap and carefully pack the chair. Moreover, in a box that size he would only have to remove the runners, nothing else. Blessings
	Just ignore secrettruth's	1 Relevance	10 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Just ignore secrettruth's comment. I get the feeling that he or she has not been around here long enough to recognize the difference between someone like you and someone who is making up a story. Other family members of designers and furniture producers have shown up here and believe me, we are very happy when they do! Catalogs only tell a small part of the story of furniture. People who were there, and people who knew the people who were there add SO much more. And the great thing about this forum is that this information stays visible for years and years, so you have a chance to correct misconceptions that can flourish online. So--tak for det, og velkommen!
	Huh?	1 Relevance	13 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Huh? The designer was already linked in someone else's post above! Yes, Wegner did do that cord-through-slot detail too but he wasn't the only one. I only mentioned it because it's the kind of thing that will help you narrow your search by a bunch. There are other details like that---the way the ends of arms are done, the shape of arm rests, the shape and dimensions of chair rails and rungs, even the way the bottom ends of chair legs are shaped. You have to study all that stuff and then remember it. There's a LOT to learn. But fortunately it's fun to do and you get to look at lots and lots and lots of very beautiful things along the way.