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| So! i tested a blunted nail | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| So! i tested a blunted nail in the end of some steamed cane (not just soaked) and it went in perfectly without even a hint of splitting! I think that's the key. Thanks so much, tktoo! I decided to wrap the back yesterday and just let my aggravation over the nails fade a bit. Not sure it made much difference---it took a bit of doing to get the overlaps in the wraps just right. Actually I'm not totally happy with it yet but I think it will work out. I did have to drill one new hole in the bottom and will have to do another, I think---the problem being that none of the strands of cane that I have are long enough to span the distance between some of these holes! At least none of the strands I've pulled so far---it's pretty hard to pick out the longest from a full bunch. But I just realized that the original holes had to have been drilled as the back was wrapped because they're not uniformly spaced at all. So I think it's ok to do the same thing, even though it feels kind of wrong to mess with the frame of the chair at all. | |||||
| General comments | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| General comments I havethe Neo sofa from DWR, which is similar to the Theatre one. I've had the Neo left-side-chaise sectional and club chair for about 5 years and I am extremely happy with them. The high density foam cushions are wrapped with a down-filled duvet kind of thing which makes them cofy and resilient. The entire upholstery is velcro-ed on and can be removed for cleaning. The upholstery was actually a big selling feature for me. The cotton on the Neo is not going to last in my house with sun-fading and cats, but the easily removed coverings mean I can reupholster them myself later on. As for Room and Roard. I have been buying furniture from them for years. Their quality is good, their customer service is great and the prices are reasonable I recommend them. My one comment about the sofas you've chosen is probably just my bias, but I don't like the inset legs. To me, they always make a piece look out of balance and I wonder if the sofas will be as sturdy when the legs are not at the corners. I think I'd go with the Case Study. | |||||
| RE: Danish Chairs ID | 1 Relevance | 5 years ago | Paul | Identification | |
| That's what I thought, but it isn't. This is a unique, custom made piece from the 1970’s by Gothic Cabinet Craft of New York based on the Hans Olsen Roundette suite from the 1950‘s. Unlike the Frem Rojle version it appears that the table is finished in walnut, as you would expect from a US piece, rather than teak. Likewise the chairs appear to be of stained beech to match the table colourway. This is a truly one-off piece which sets it aside from factory produced models and which has the sturdiness of a hand finished item. The immediate thing that gives it away as a repro is the shape of the seats. Attachment: tc6.jpeg | |||||
| Nate...I agree with you in theory.... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | barrympls | General discussion | |
| Nate...I agree with you in theory.... the only known knockoffs I own are a few of the Nelson wall clocks, a Wassily chair in black leather (bought at a local antique store for $200.00) and when I found out it was a fake-er-roo, I decided to buy a Chinese-made Eileen Gray count metal and glass table to sit next to it! All of my other pieces are real - to the best of my knowledge. NOW....if some enterprising Chinese factory decides to produce Nelson clocks that are not available anywhere else, I'd be all over them. These Alphaville-type businesses are usually too stupid to reproduce something that can't be had anywhere else. I'd be especially nervous about buying Chinese-made upholstered classics because of the issue of quality and material safety.....although I'm AM lusting after a Hoffman Kubus sofa because I will NOT pay $7000.00 for an Eames sofa, alas. In a related topic, I occasionally buy Korean/Taiwanese region -0- DVDs...especially when the title is not available here in the US. But I DO rebuy it when it does get issued here, because it's the proper thing to do. | |||||
| RE: Madsen and Schubell | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | Herringbone | General discussion | |
| Now, the thing with Model 9 is: Mr. Schubell sent me a picture that looked VERY much like Nanna Ditzels Oda chair. So if you google the Oda chair, you will find at least two variations. One has a bump or sort of cushion at the top, on doesnt. Flemming Schubell used to work at the company, he drew an outline of the chair and he was pretty sure that it is the one without the cushion. But they could not tell for sure. So all we can say for now is: Upholstered recliner with frame in plywood-covered wooden frame and steel tube at edge. Interior teak armrests. Production period: 1950s-60s. Design: Arnold Madsen And it must have looked very much like this. Attachment: be0bdd89d9a2815a51d252986b29598e.jpg | |||||
| Indeed it is irrelevant if... | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | Thierry | General discussion | |
| Indeed it is irrelevant if... Indeed it is irrelevant if ones native language is English or not. There is no reason to be proud of it, or to be ashamed of it. I thought my exchange with Betty, with a great deal of ?help? from me, turned personal and Betty?s replies arrogant. I don?t have much to add to my latest post. I am an architect and the need to merge design and function is first and foremost. It has to work, it has to perform, it is my duty as an architect. But my duty also extends beyond the owner, to the public and that duty is to create objects/buildings of beauty. It may sound old fashioned, so be it. As for superficiality, one will find it in any endeavor, among any group of people. It's expected. One last thing, I found the comment about English as a native language so irrelevant that I could not even answer it truthfully. Senegalese is not my native language. But, I certainly do not want to make the exchange with Betty personal again. She is entitled to her own style and point of view. | |||||
| Hans Wegner Round Chair Restoration | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | tchp | General discussion | |
| I am finally been finding some time to work on the two early round chairs that I got a few months ago. The caning was gone, and the joints were mostly loose. I have used a handheld HAAN steam cleaner to loosen the joints to get the chair apart. A couple of the tenons did not want to come loose, so I think I am going to leave them. Debating whether to remove all the dowels and replace them. That would probably be the wise thing to do, given that the original glue joints have already been failing. Anyway, the original glue that was used is a very shiny, dark, even black looking glue. While steam and heat helped to loosen the joints, chunks of this glue do not seem to soften if I put them into boiling water, so I am thinking that it must not have been hide glue. Urea Formaldehyde glue has been suggested to me. Or, perhaps Resorcinol (although the glue does not seem to have a red color to it)? | |||||
| RE: Really dissatisfied with new Eames Lounge Chair - other owners' experiences appreciated | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | LiamSnow | General discussion | |
| Posted by: JasonUSA Hi All, I'm sure I'm in the same boat as most where I've lusted after a black Eames Lounge Chair for many a decade and, to my absolute delight, my wonderful wife surprised me with a brand new one complete with matching Ottoman for my 40th birthday 18 months ago. I had never sat in one before and was extremely excited for it to arrive but, ever since it did, it's been incredibly disappointing. I'm not looking for people to tell me how amazing their chairs are but really to let me know if yours share any of the below attributes or if I'm on my own here. When I've reported these items to Hive Modern in the past they have said they're to be expected and the same was pretty much true of a conversation I had with Herman Miller this afternoon. The thing is, when I detailed these attributes in a review on Hive Modern's website, the review wasn't published. I find it interesting that they're OK to accept these items as attributes while not going so far as to include a review that called these out. So here they are, I guess in some order of grievance: The chair "clunks" about the swivel. This is a little difficult to describe but, out of the box, the chair swiveled only as one would expect; there was no movement front to back or side to side - perfect. After a couple of months my first chair started "clunking" when I leaned forwards to egress. If I stood behind the chair and applied pressure forwards, there would be a noticeable shift forwards with a "clunk". Same thing side to side. Hive Modern replaced the chair & ottoman for me. A couple of months after receiving the replacement it exhibited the same thing. When I reported it to Hive Modern the second time I was advised that 2 chairs in their offices do the same, one to a greater degree than the other, and that Herman Miller had described this as normal. Other Lounge Chair owners: is this normal? Do your chairs do this as well? If so, are you OK with this? I don't think a piece of furniture should exhibit an attribute such as this 2 months out of the box; if this is normal I believe it should do this from day 1. We specified the MCL leather upgrade based on the description this was the closest modern day equivalent to the leather of the 1960s originals. My second grievance is that it has zero leather odor, not even the faintest of whiffs. In all honesty it may as well be PVC. Does anybody else have the MCL leather? Does yours have any leather odor? Does anybody have the base leather and does that have any leather smell? I really expected this piece to fill the room with the most delightful fug de bovine but no. One of the button holes in the seat cushion has stretched exposing the white foam within and showing that the leather is exceptionally thin. I would imagine that the leather of anyone's chair fitted with MCL will be the same so I guess my question here is to those folks that have the regular Herman Miller leather: does yours feel pretty robust like one would expect the seat cushion of a $6.5k chair to feel? I have the tall version of the chair. I am 6' and 170 lb. When I sit in the chair I can feel the wood underneath the seat base cushion. I was told by Herman Miller this morning that this is because I have the, more expensive, MCL leather. MCL leather & non-MCL leather owners: how heavy are you and can you feel the wooden base when you sit in the chair? I'm sure anybody reading this can tell I'm wholly dissatisfied with this chair and I'm wondering: is it me? Am I being overly picky? Am I expecting too much out of a $6,495 chair? Or should I just shut up and convince myself it's awesome because...well, it's an Eame's Lounge Chair? Honestly I wouldn't want to own a single LazyBoy chair but I figure at this point in time it's possible I'd be more satisfied having a room full of those than a single one of these; at least I'd feel like I was getting value for money and I know I wouldn't be able to feel a piece of chipboard below my posterior. Thank you to all for any enlightenment. Jason. Hey, first of all, THANKS for your review. I was sceptical about the chair and I didn't know whether to buy it or not. Thanks to you, I will not be buying it. Is there a better chair that you would suggest? Maybe in the same price range or a bit cheaper? Thanks in advance! 😀 Liam (I'm new here) | |||||
| Help Id this Danish buffet/sideboard please | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | Identification | |
| I'm unable to ID this buffet. It is 7ft wide and 30" tall. The only mark on the thing is on the bottom. It is stamped "made in Denmark." Does anyone know who the designer is? http://picasaweb.google.com/rafatothel/DanishBuffet/photo#5207343181616249346 http://picasaweb.google.com/rafatothel/DanishBuffet/photo#5207343198796118546 http://picasaweb.google.com/rafatothel/DanishBuffet/photo#5207343203091085858 http://picasaweb.google.com/rafatothel/DanishBuffet/photo#5207343207386053170 http://picasaweb.google.com/rafatothel/DanishBuffet/photo#5207343181616249346 | |||||
| Well, actually... Yeah. | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| Well, actually... Yeah. Chewbacca: Of course I agree with you in the general case, but in this particular case -- because of 1) my personal experience with two Modernica products that seem better-built than the originals, and 2) all that I've read here and elsewhere -- I believed that the Modernica ESU and desk would be essentially identical to the HM pieces, so, yeah, I was surprised to discover that they were so different. All else being equal, I'd rather not support knockoff manufacturers whose success hurts the licensed manufacturers (it doesn't cost me anything to take that position; I don't need my furniture to be brand-new, so I can always find the real thing at auction for less than a new knockoff of similar quality)... But, like Barry, I'm confused by Herman Miller's reaction -- or, rather, non-reaction -- to Modernica. If Herman Miller doesn't seem to mind what Modernica's doing, should I? That was mostly a rhetorical question, of course... But if it's necessary, I'll have the usual pointless discussion about licensing, royalties, intent, Gresham's Law, etc. My heart won't really be in it, though, since I've already ordered a Herman Miller ESU and EDU. | |||||
| Not particularly rare. | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| Not particularly rare. I see them in all colors. Dark colors seem more common than light. You asked (in posts that have since been deleted) about the value of Eames Aluminum Group chairs. First thing to do is identify WHICH Aluminum Group chairs you have. There were a number of models -- low-back tilting swivel chairs, low-back fixed chairs, lounge chairs, high-back office chairs -- and they were available with and without arms and in fabric, vinyl, and leather. Each of those options affects the value. Once you know which chairs you have, it's pretty easy to find values online. Ebay is as good a place as any to look, although it's important to compare prices for chairs in the same condition as yours. The Aluminum Group chairs are relatively expensive to reupholster, and the arms are tedious to refinish, so chairs with good upholstery and good arms sell for significantly more than chairs that need work. Good luck... | |||||
| LOL! | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| LOL! Thanks Cedric! I'd seen some of these, but the cainsaw one is really funny! Sad, but really funny! Isn't it just too awful that things are like this? If our ancestors were allowed to function in such mind-numbing insularity there'd be no humans left on the planet! Or possibly evolution would have worked in our favor and the owrld would be filled with people who practiced 'liveing actively' (a phrase that my yoga instructor likes to use). Whilst I'm here, I want to comment to Lewis: I have just begun to consider the concept of 'visual illiteracy' and from my understanding, I don't think that what Koen was saying quite means what you have interpreted from it. What I read is that the tendency to over consume or mindlessly consume is greater when there has been no education to allow people to develop thier own ideas of what matters to them in their environment. I don't think good-taste classes are quite what was meant, more that in our wetern society we don't really educate people to fully appreciate the space around them. One other thing that this brings up for me is that when space is at a premium, more attention is paid to it's affect. I haven't figured out what I think of that yet. | |||||
| To me one of the more... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Gustavo | General discussion | |
| To me one of the more... To me one of the more interesting things on DA community is the positive synergy that we generate. After this invitation, I also remember an invitation to knock a door in Canada, and another similar to London. I also want to include in the list Buenos Aires. So I invite everyone to see the lamps here. I don't know if you will like them, but the "asado" (a kind of local barbecue) and wine you'll try won't forget in your life. I'll open a thread to post my lamps, asking opinions, in a couple of weeks. (Not now, cause preparing for a fair, and after holidays, there is much work 🙂 ). But sorry, for the asado and wine, Internet must improve more, It's not available by now. On Patrick's work, perhaps one day open a thread. The most remarkable thing I see, is that seeing the pictures is difficult to see them as photography/photomontage. Looks much more as a painting. Really work of art. Hard to believe it's photography in the end. That shows also how much he had worked on it, and how much sentiments and feelings each picture transmits, showing us the intellectual process he had, from the ended work to the beginning, or up to when we want to read. | |||||
| Edinburgh Design Shops | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | Annette.sco | General discussion | |
| Edinburgh Design Shops Hi Bob, The best shops for modern furniture, lights etc, in Edinburgh are Tangram in Victoria Street and Concrete Butterfly in the Cowgate (both of these in the Old Town). Inhouse in Howe Street is in the New Town, and Tony Walker at Whitehall Court is about 2 miles from the city centre. Most of these have a good selection but relatively few things to buy in stock - they take orders and delivery is usually 6-8 weeks. I've bought from all of these and they are OK. I WOULD have particularly recommended Concrete Butterfly, which is able to supply the classic Scandinavian items that I like, but we ordered a Vola tap, Poulsen lights and Mathsson chairs from the owner, Alasdair Gall about 6 months ago and although the items were delivered to us safely, he hasn't send us the receipt. which he promised months ago. We've asked for it several times, both verbally and in writing and are starting to get somewhat fed up - seems a small thing to ask for after a large order. | |||||
| Wow-- | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Wow-- So, my daughter just bought an old HM shell chair on a swivel base with casters and we are trying to figure out what's original on it. I have never paid much attention to these but I knew there has been a lot of discussion about them here. Anyway, hers is nearly identical to the OP's chair, down to the lemon color on the inside and the dark gray paint on the outside. Same gasket around the edge, same wire thing holding the upholstery onto the chair, exact same base style and materials. The upholstery is a really nice nylon (?) hopsack in charcoal gray. It has a heavy muslin backing with latex foam (all dried out) between. The fabric is in very good shape, just a little fading around the top back edge. I think she should keep it but she would like to get the foam replaced. I think that has to be done with molds so that it will keep its shape and not boing back out of the chair when you get up! So I dunno...may have to just live with it. I have not looked closely yet for a molded mark but i did seem what looked like gummy residue from a paper label. Maybe. | |||||
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