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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Yes, of course we all have | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Eameshead | Off topic | |
| Yes, of course we all have our different ways to arrive at what we deem an appropriate post. I edit too. But usually only for a few minutes after the original posting. It's still "work in progress" at that point, and I assume hardly anyone has seen it yet. Once another post follows, its "down the river" for better or worse. It's one thing when its all in fun, but quite another in the context of a serious conversation. As we found out recently on another thread, changing a post WAY after the fact is just wrong. It exploits the usual assumptions one makes about a conversation-- to the point of dishonesty. To me, manipulation for those reasons is offensive and shows a lack of integrity. But I guess we all have our different standards as to what is fair, or necessary. Familiarity with a person over time seems to be the ultimate bottom line. Even though it's still dark here, today is the first day of daylight savings. It's later than you think! (One hour later) | |||||
| What about Knoll | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| What about Knoll Do they own the Rights To the Chair because they were the first to mass produce it? Now they are going around suing people for ripping off "their" work..(as stated in a thread today) I Personally for me I want to get to the bottom of it... Because as much as i like napster and kazaa and all that other crap.. I still go out and buy the cd(rarely) I also have CD copies of music but nothing beats a good cd cover with lyrics inside which does justifies its price...Can Knoll Justify its price for a Barcelona...To what extent Is there Patent Rights on it.. Sounds to me It has to do with the Original Design specs... Other companies Claim they do the same thing... Knoll has also Changed Designs Slightly Over the Years ..in the words of that guy in Blazing Saddles "What in the Wide World of Sports is Going on!" | |||||
| unique teak finger jointed solid teak? sideboard | 1 Relevance | 6 years ago | LCA | Identification | |
| hello I have come across an incredibly well kept estate of 80's/ 90's quality teak furniture. Not usually my thing but a few items appealing in their unique nature for my area as well as how well it all has been kept. I am having trouble identifying a couple of pieces that have me very curious. I will post the awkward underneath camera photo that teased me but provided little info. If you can help or throw me a few clues it would be greatly appreciated. thanks for your consideration and generosity, L Attachment: IMG_2585.jpg | |||||
| The reason you fail to get a straight-answer is because there... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | william-holden-... | General discussion | |
| The reason you fail to get a straight-answer is because there IS no straight answer! It all depends on how the thing will be sold-- an object might sell for $ if being sold by an individual without a store, $ x 2 by someone with a store, $ x 3 by someone with a metropolitan store, $ x 4 by someone with a highfalutin metropolitan store. $ for a quick sale, $ x 2 for a not-so-quick sale, $ x 3 for a slowish sale, and so on. Only currency has "face-value"-- the price something sells for on Madison Avenue has no bearing on what Mrs. Evelyn Hampster of Shinbone, Indiana will be able to sell it for. | |||||
| What? | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Modern Love | General discussion | |
| What? "....you both have another thing coming" What?!?! I don't think whitespike meant to offend you. Nor did both whitespike and I question the dispute over the wire chairs. We just would like to know where you read that there were not many new designs coming out during that period. You can't just say stuff, and not be able to back it up, especially here on the DesignAddict forum. This portal is highly regarded internationally as a great informational resource. Possible inaccuracies in statements here will be quickly and respectfully challenged, because any misinformation may diminish the forum's reputation. Why did you start this thread? I thought you were looking for the forum's help for more information about this subject, but it seems that you know it all anyways. Now again, you stated ""back then .... there was not that many new designs coming out". We ask, as members of this forum: can you back up this statement? | |||||
| ConnyE, yes, that's what I | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| ConnyE, yes, that's what I thought was going on. The front rail is 16.5" long and the back rail is 13.25". The wraps should only cover 1 5/8" on each end, effectively shortening the front rail so that it matches the back rail. whoa--we can't edit a post when there's a photo included? This sentence in my post above -- Caleb James shows how to do this in his video. It's not in the Widess book--at least not in the Danish chair instructions should be at the end of the paragraph below! The other thing is to make sure you do those front rail wraps correctly so that you move from the second one to actual weaving from the inside end of the wrap, not the outside end of it. Otherwise you end up with this annoying bit of cord going a quarter way around the leg post. Sorry about that. | |||||
| So the drawer fronts are a | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | Identification | |
| So the drawer fronts are a pine substrate with a bit of teak edge banding on the top. The drawer sides are Ramin wood with a stopped dado. The drawer back is not dovetailed in, which is interesting. The drawer bottom is stapled in, not screwed. I don't recognize this particular set of characteristics. The most unusual thing is that the drawer back is inserted into a slot, not dovetailed. Unfortunately, that is going to be a rare photo to find. You could look for drawers with a pine substrate and ramin sides, though. This could significantly narrow the field. And based on the construction, you should be looking too high end, nor too low end. Something like Vinde M | |||||
| Well then they are definitely | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| Well then they are definitely replacement screws. The wood slats under the mattress are a wood called Ramin, which was a common secondary wood for the era in Scandinavia. It used to be very common to get dowels made out of the same wood. Everything about the construction of this piece fits with Scandinavia. It even shows one of the very few flaws in managing wood movement that they were prone to commit: veneering pine end grain, especially around curves like this. The veneer separates, often with a gap like you see there, when the pine shrinks during dry times. Often the veneer then chips from use. The only odd thing is that it really looks American in styling. But the construction is right, and the styling wrong, in this case. | |||||
| Were these done with welt | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Were these done with welt on the seams at the seat? I really don't know. And the welt around the perimeter? Most of the Eggs I've seen with original fabric did not have welt around the perimeter and I've never seen any with welt on the seat seams. The fabric also looks like a very bulky weave for this chair. It looks to me more like one of the tweedy acrylics that were popular on ready-made furniture and with upholsterers in the 70s-90s and probably still. I just redid a couple of American lounge chairs that had this type of fabric on them (80s re-do?). I have no doubt that the chair is the real thing, I'm just wondering about the upholstery. And of course, I could be totally wrong. I'd love to see a very clear closeup of the fabric with a bit of the welt in the frame for scale. | |||||
| I have wondered | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| I have wondered I have wondered if that seller puts those ridiculous and impossible asking prices up to make some of the other stuff look halfway reasonable. (Which it never is) The stuff is usually terrible too. I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with joshua F. about this seller. They are a total joke. Can anybody really be THAT clueless? They rarely sell anything. So the hardest thing to understand is why do they persist with the hilarious prices? Maybe they just enjoy showing off what they have? But then half of it is obviously messed up, so that can't be it either. It does seem to be an attempt to sell to a very casual participant, or first time buyer who has no limits. (Kind of like when a rookie artist prices something for a million dollars thinking that will sell their lame painting.) | |||||
| RE: Chair identification - chairs seen in Killing Eve! | 1 Relevance | 5 years ago | _ | Identification | |
| Good thing to know that these chairs are not vintage. It is not a bad design, the designer/manufacturer could have specified a better wood for these chairs. It is too bad that these and many of the fake vintage look alikes are the kind of items that will be flooding the second hand market. I don't mind these chairs though, designed by James Irvine produced by Thonet and was sold by Muji (a while back). Attachment: download.jpg | |||||
| RE: Ole Wanscher/French&Son Chair ID | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | SnakeJake | Identification | |
| Just one more thing. I have been watching this guy in Minnesota that has been very fascinating, and educational to watch if you are into repairing, and refinishing furniture. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVK2t-ttSjXHnGejDvVm1g | |||||
| authentic ... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | schef MCM | General discussion | |
| authentic ... i will put pics up soon, but i have to say, we removed the cushions at dwr and put it next to the floor sample and it was the exact same, minus the label. the guy at DWR said one thing that many copies screw up is that on the base cushion and ottoman cushion... when unzipped you will see two layers of foam, and mine has that as well, he said that it was Legit. all the clips are in place, and it has buttons just as the original did, thats why its confusing to me... its almost like i bought a model that was in between changes at herman miller or something, The leather was the "better" leather, softer and comfy, the newer models are harder and the color on the black is slightly different... The only reason im so pressed on it being real, and have to know is cause i payed 2800 bucks for it. another 600 bucks i could have bought new. anyway... ill take some pics tonight and put them up | |||||
| OMG | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| OMG My Gramps is gonna flip out (in a good way) seeing what u guys are saying about him!! He truly had no idea any of his stuff wsa being auctioned in the "net" at all. I found some things on the net by chance around this time last year! He got so excited!! We even started talking about some reproductions!! I am going to see him on Tuesday, so we'll talk then. My son has made the wonderful suggestion about starting a web site for Gramps .. we'll get his input. To answer some of your questions .. this is from what I remember seeing when growing up and listening to the "adults" A lot of things he designed were manufactured through whomever not always attributed to him. In the '60s, '70s and '80s he spent a LOT of time in Spain and Italy. I KNOW that he did a lot of lamp designing ... As far as the California thing, I'm not sure about that. I will show him these posts so he can answer your questions. Hope I was of some help .. | |||||
| Is it real? | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | ~L | General discussion | |
| Is it real? When I was redecorating my home several years ago I also purchased and Eileen Gray E 1027 table. Being a child of the '50s I grew up with & loved modern design but was not really familiar with many of the designers. Moving to Connecticut (land of very traditional designs) I had one heck of a time finding any store that could fill my needs until I went over the border several years ago to The Modern (Yellow) Furniture Barn in Armonk, NY (they have since closed after many years in business and I have never recovered). A lovely young sales girl/design consultant was great at helping us. We purchased lots of wonderful designs and need a small table to finish the look. She suggested the beautiful little Eileen Gray E 1027 table. I just fell in love with the design and was sold. How could something from the 1920's be so beautiful and timeless? I educated myself quite a bit in furniture design and had never realized how many beautiful pieces of furniture were made so long ago and still looks like it was created yesterday! After purchasing the table I started checking around and found that there was quite a discrepency in price, from a high of about $100 to quite a bit more. I paid a lot for mine and was concerned about it's authenticity. I had been purchasing items of quality and was hoping to pass them down to my children to enjoy (and last as opposed to Target Store stuff, whom BTW, also sells our dear Eileen Gray table). When my table was delivered there were absolutely not marking or serail number on it. I called the salesgirl & she informed me that it was made in Europe (I can't remember where) by the same company and specifications of the original table and that none of them are marked. I was skeptical, thanked her and left it at that. I love my table, it appears to be of high quality, and won't give it up. ~L [A bunch of years ago I was a huge fan of buying knock-offs (bags, wallets, scarfs, etc)& had a ball shopping at the great NYC Flea markets. You could buy for cheap, look great, they would last a year and then you were on to the next best thing. I became turned off at the whole knock off thing when $1- $10 fun buys started to sell for not much less then the real deal.] | |||||
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