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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| I wanted to add a little bit | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | therye | General discussion | |
| ... skills. In real life I think they resemble stylish bowling chairs more than anything. I find them fascinating, the creases or hard edges help the chair appear very different from different angles. I often find myslef walking by them and thinking WOW they look cool from that angle. They don't have any stamps or makers marks. There are no seams on the outside of the chairs. The plasitic is shiny and glossy. A local dealer told me that she could tell that they were from the 60's because that shinny smooth plastic was not used after the 60's, but I can't ... | |||||
| Aha! that's it! I got out a | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Aha! that's it! I got out a flashlight and magnifying glass and yes, there are a couple of specks of red. And now i realize what happened here---whoever did the tinted varnish/polyurethane got it on the button, which looked bad so he rubbed a little chemical stripper on the area which is what the halo around the button is. I had thought the halo was just where he brushed the finish around hte button (but it didn't quite make sense that it had faded margin). Mysteries solved! Thank you all for your input! | |||||
| I emailed Thayer Coggin and | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | huancp | General discussion | |
| I emailed Thayer Coggin and got the following response: "These were designed as yours is done. The pin would secure so it didn't move and if you pulled the pin it "rocked". It was called the Octolounger. The chair and ottoman were sold separately and are Thayer Coggin pieces. We checked our archives and do not see an ottoman like yours. It may not be original to the chair, but has some similarities in style. We are not able to confirm the ottoman is Thayer Coggin, but they did sell ottomans with the chair. " Have any of you guys heard the "Octolou ... | |||||
| Jdip, THANK YOU!! I have | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| ... the characteristic grain marks were easily identifiable. The rest of it was sawn so that they look longer not what I look for in beech---but now I know that it can look like that, too. Woodywood and tktoo---thanks, i'm sure you're right about the seat being birch. I've used a lot of birch plywood in projects and it definitely has this feel and look. I think the added finish is poly, too, and the explanation about the gray coming from the steel wool makes sense. I just took a better photo of the button. In good light it looks clean, like they didn't ... | |||||
| I am reasonably confident | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| ... is a very rare transitional medallion from after they stopped just stamping "MADE IN DENMARK". Perhaps it wasn't popular because it is nearly impossible to read? Or perhaps it was from a short period at the end? It sure looks like it got terribly refinished at some time. I have a couple of other Selig chairs (one is a Z chair, so definitely from Chr Jensen's Møbelsnedkeri, one is a rare Ib Kofod Larsen sharing many Z chair parts, so reasonable to assume the same) and they have a very, very thick finish on them. I would guess that the refinisher did not ... | |||||
| Thanks ! Yes, I occasionally | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Thanks ! Yes, I occasionally explore the wild side. In this case my elbow was pushed by the client, who didn't care for the first study, with its boxy frankness (see below). Height considerations drove the other change, namely the removal of the TV from its stand. I was inclined to include the radiused edges anyway, for the purpose of resisting vacuum dings to the lower corners. Not a work of art -- more a home appliance. But it was fun to solve the problems. The mechanism is just four fixed casters riding in a circular costraint, with detents at the "h ... | |||||
| It's not fumed oak. Fuming | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| ... It loosens up as soon as oil is applied and comes off really easily with light rubbing with the steel wool. I'm asking if anyone else has come across a coloring agent like this. It's quite possible to keep finishes off the paper cord--i've done it myself a few times and was nervous at first (even masked the seat off very carefully on the first one but then realized that wasn't necessary). You just have to apply it sparingly and take reasonable care. This stuff didn't make it into a few tighter areas which makes me think it was rubbed on later. I can' ... | |||||
| Thanks for all your comments | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Simon Andrews | General discussion | |
| Thanks for all your comments - no passive agressivity intended - I simply didn't understand the answers. Yes, the tables look just like those pictured. I wondered if there was any significance to the numbers engraved underneath. I guess the answer is probably that they are not significant. If any of you guys know your way around slightly earlier stuff, can you have a look at my posting on 26th January about art deco chairs - again, any help would be appreciated. Thanks again. Simon | |||||
| Holy moly! | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Holy moly! http://www.bradenton.com/2015/01/16/5584638/controversial-pastor-terry-j... edited to add: sorry, didn't realize there was another whole thread about this outfit. I missed it the first time around--- http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Terry-Jones-Quran-B... | |||||
| On danish-modern.co-uk are a | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| ... internet. I didn't see any thin cushions in Google. Not conclusive, but suggestive. As a contra argument, I will mention that the only situation where I've seen such thin cushions is over experspring. (E.g. Juhl's Spadestolen, or Hans Olsen for Juul Kristensen rocking chair model 532A). And this sofa does have an experspring foundation. So...? | |||||
| Thanks, guys---i did try some | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Thanks, guys---i did try some acetone but it didn't anything that the oil didn't do. The mineral spirits were only slightly better than the oil plus they dried the wood out so much! Yech. I oiled the oak again after the mineral spirits and it still looks unevenly colored, though not nearly as patchy looking as before. But part of the patchiness was also dryness in some areas. It was a mess. I don't want to strip the whole thing. I don't do methylene chloride anymore! Too many brain cells seared away. But the chairs look better. They could always be ... | |||||
| tktoo, thanks again! You're | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | JosephA | General discussion | |
| tktoo, thanks again! You're completely right. After reading your comment I flipped the table over and inspected the counter veneer more closely and found a spot where it had chipped away to reveal the particle board substrate underneath. Very cool. I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm a little bummed it's not solid rosewood, but not surprised either since the person from whom I acquired it advertised it for free on Craigslist (and who gives away solid rosewood furniture?), but I paid her $40 to jump to the head of the line of folks responding to the craigsl ... | |||||
| Mine are in pieces since they | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | gropius | General discussion | |
| Mine are in pieces since they need some wood repairs, and I didn't want to judge the cushion sizes without having them in their final state. Based on how easily they came apart (except for some idiot who did repairs with finish nails and screwed on plywood) I would bet these were shipped from Denmark flat, then glued and assembled when they arrived. Do we know for sure that pieces like this were shipped with cushions, and that the cushions weren't added in the country they arrived in? That could explain some of the cushion variation (although of course could ... | |||||
| Well, I wrote back to that | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Well, I wrote back to that person and thanked her for checking into it and then simply said again that it didn't seem likely that a chair that was billed as being made recently would have a mark that is so different than the ones shown on the Knoll website. I didn't expect a reply but she wrote back right away and agreed with me 100%. I have a feeling that the people in the other department didn't think it was very pressing. Maybe it's not but I know that some manufacturers take counterfeiting very seriously. It's something I can get worked up over very ... | |||||
| The 1stDibs listing says "in | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| The 1stDibs listing says "in the style of" and the other is just "I've seen these attributed to Allan Gould", which I don't think can be construed as proof. The Allan Gould chairs are really similar in structure but I'm not seeing that he did any like these--only the armless side chair and lounge chair. Of course I could be dead wrong. That's usually the case. (ha) I wonder if these are one of the wonderful "inspired by" designs produced by a company like the ones who did the rattan hoop chairs and similar things from that era? I didn't sit in the one ... | |||||
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