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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Those are knockoffs. These | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Those are knockoffs. These chairs are among the most copied ever, even back when they were first introduced, because they are such a great design for institutions. So even when you find chairs that are genuinely old, there's a good chance that they're not Herman Miller. All you have to do in this case is compare the photo to a photo of the real thing, which is easy enough to find online. The most obvious difference is that the legs aren't splayed out as much as on the real thing, but the top of the back is also a bit narrower. | |||||
| Interesting situation. | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | william-holden-... | General discussion | |
| Interesting situation. If a tantalizing item appears in a downscale venue-- like Ebay or a low-end auction house -- it excites the imagination. A lost masterpiece surfaces! Seller hasn't a clue! This thing is clearly valuable! The price could go far above the item's "market" value. If a highfalutin auction house sells the same thing, the item may not even meet the estimate. Once a thing is identified as being worth X, no one's very excited. I've sold a couple of things through "high" auction houses that performed terribly, I have no doubt I could have gotten double for them on Ebay, where the buyer's imagination isn't reigned in by an "official" estimate. Though in the case of a Noguchi --an in vogue artist-- the high-end auction venue would undoubtedly yield the highest price. If it were to eventually resurface on Ebay, it'd be admission that it's only some sort of copy, obviously. | |||||
| Har Har | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Har Har Hey my typing skills far exceed the norm around here...sometimes the typos on these posts are hilarious, sometimes they're just confusing...and he's more like an ebony teenager...very goth. BTW, I've not gone out and gotten a Dyson yet, they're a bit pricey for the self-employed new business owners such as I. But to comment on asbjorncopenhagen's experiences, I have truly never seem a vacuum kick butt and take names like this thing does. I swear to the gods you could probably vac the hair right off the cat in situ! I actually offer to vac when visit my sister cuz I get such a charge out of watching the thing eat the rug...just kidding. I could care less what the plastic looks like, it's bright lilac for heaven's sake, it's going to show wear no matter what | |||||
| I would agree kdc | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Big Television Man | General discussion | |
| I would agree kdc End-grain is an element that is a part of the material and in certain context it can work quite well to show the "honesty" of the piece, but like a lot of things it all must be taken in context. Does the end-grain further the overall aesthetic or detract from it. Certainly within the spectrum of modernism that leans towards the industrial look, end-grain is almost a requirement. I know that is an over simplification of the discussion but certainly a part of it. To see the "it" or the "material" in total of the "thing" or object that makes it the "thing" or object that it is. | |||||
| i am somewhat stumped | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| i am somewhat stumped In my expert opion and some say that is not worth a dime...... That chair borderlines on both the danish and the Italian , I can see a little Hans Wagner but mostly I see a Florenza chair by Franco Albine around made around 1953 the only thing that really stumps me is the heaviness of your chair Wagner with the Danish modern was trying to get more streamline and lighter as well as the Italians. The American Traditional designers working for Baker, Widdicom,and Henredon during that period were not afraid to do their own thing and there furniture was very heavy, | |||||
| Absolutely right crankyd | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Big Television Man | General discussion | |
| Absolutely right crankyd Besides what's a good forum without some righteous indignation, to say nothing of the fact that if we just roll over and accept, lousy service, unscrupulous merchants, crooks, and thieves, that's all we will get. Besides it appears that everyone is rallying to goodlines with a little thing called "moral support", either that or it's a slow newsday, other than the fact that the AG tendered his resignation, yahooeey! See there it is, you let the little guy, this individual Gary act reprehensibly and the next thing you know, the top cop in the land thinks the Geneva conventions are quaint constructs, and then what? The Barbarians are at the gate, okay, so sorry, way off topic, got me Irish up I guess. | |||||
| I am big enough to say ... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| I am big enough to say ... I am big enough to say i stand corrected!!!!! I just wish the guy would get the damn sofa back and this whole thing would be over. If I find a chicklet sofa I am gonna buy the damn thing and give it to him as a present and you can mark that on your data base, I hope goodlines and learned a valuable lesson. The people who work at thrift shops are not Rhodes Scholars or part of the Brain Trust (please no fricken post that your mother worked at a thrift store and sent you to architect school finding pennies in the sofa) We are all created equal some get a little a head When I want something I want it now (part of that aggressive thing you referenced in your other thread ) so i would have my ass down with a truck picking the sofa up, knowing that slithering jerks hang around looking for something that they can make a big buck off, My hats off to you and like James said... I feel your pain... the only 670-671 I knew was the lounge chair from Herman Miller now I got a new bible story, I don't subscribe to that book I am still with the original book , | |||||
| sponge | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| sponge I don't think it would take too long to do an entire sofa, especially if you do it regularly and often. The hair is probably concentrated in a few areas rather than being a uniform blanket over the whole thing, right? Some fabrics are made of fibers that sort of lock onto the hair. The hair actually works its way through the fabric rather than just laying on top. Same with foam. I once had a mattress that was two layers of different foams. Dog hair came off easily from one of the layers but it became embedded in the other type and was very difficult to remove. (The only reason I bothered to try was because I had to return the damn thing. Never buy a mattress that you can't try out in person.) | |||||
| Heh...I read "bidding wars... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Heh...I read "bidding wars... Heh...I read "bidding wars up the price" with "wars" being the verb. Funny. I don't know that sniping keeps prices down so much as it keeps prices from being artificially high. What I've seen both on Ebay and in live auctions are people who get carried away because they have to have the thing no matter what. Some of them want that particular thing and some don't want anyone else to have that particular thing (the second one being more of a chronic problem for people who do it). Snipe bids, from what I've seen in watching thousands of auctions, tend to be closer to the market value of an item. The more people sniping, the more likely the thing will end at a reasonable market value. Bidding wars, on the other hand, are more likely to drive the price up above market value, which can discourage future buying. I know of a guy who deals in collectible salt & pepper sets who used to bid prices up on sets all the time on Ebay just to keep the market prices high. Yes, he ended up buying a lot of stuff that he probably didn't want, but in the end I don't think his strategy worked out all that well. As for sniping, we've all heard wondrous stories of people getting absolute steals with last-second bids. I have plenty of them myself. But what we don't hear about are the zillions of other listings that are sniped by at least two knowledgeable buyers, sometimes many more, that end at fair market value for the item. Those don't make good stories so no one much talks about them. | |||||
| Jens Risom | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | room606 | General discussion | |
| Jens Risom Probably not the flashiest choice, but he did more for the process than anyone else. If you use the criteria that a thing must have beauty and purpose, with respect for the world; that a thing must be thought out to survive temporary use; temporary trend; temporary one-off thinking; then Risom is most responsible. He cared about the process as much as getting his design into the public. Just one conversation I had with him, but it was enlightening. He said that not only was he involved in the materials decisions, the manufacturing process and all the other quality issues with design production. But he also was a fierce advocate of honest marketing, distribution and sales. The way it was sold and the vernacular in which it was introduced mattered as much to him as the thing itself. I think these qualities are true of the era designers (mostly the Danish ones)whose work is still desireable today. Today's designers could learn a lot from him, were they not so intolerant of mild frustrations. Much of his enduring designs have a sense of respect for space that goes unnoticed. His small seeming desks and other surfaces are actually just enough to still be beautiful without waste or compromise of doing the job. | |||||
| The search continues | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| The search continues I asked for feedback on this very same question a few months back and, honestly, I've not come to a conclusion. For some reason I am finding it VERY difficult to find a good reading chair. The Eames 670 is the only thing I've sat in that I loved both the look and feel of. However, I've already got black leather Wasily and Cab chairs and a fair amount of bent ply. It just wouldn't work to have more in this vein. But, I may have to give in as it seems that it's the only thing that fills the bill as far as comfort is concerned. It seems hard to imagine, though, it can't be the ONLY good modernist comfy chair out there, can it? | |||||
| I don't think that Eames lounge | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I don't think that Eames lounge chair is legit, either--the space between the arms looks cramped. Compare it to the straight-on view of the real thing in this photo from the Herman Miller site. (Link below--it's under "Luxurious Comfort and Support" and is the only straight-on photo I could find). The radius of the curve of the seat shell looks tighter on the one you bought than on the real one. It's hard to tell for sure without pics taken at the exact same angle but it looks different enough to give me pause. I hope you can resell it and at least recoup your money. PS - it took me less than 5 minutes to find a photo of the real thing taken at the same angle, more or less, as yours on CL. This chair is one of the most widely knocked-off designs around but it's also one of the easiest to do this photo comparison thing with because there are pics on the legit sites taken from every angle. http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/lounge-seating/eames-lounge... | |||||
| shifty... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | matty | General discussion | |
| shifty... just nabbed this lidded ceramic bowl for $10 at the corner thrift...a $10 dollars i had to borrow from an ex-coworker only telling them i was "in a tight spot"...i feel horrible, but it couldnt be helped, theyll get there $10 back tomorrow and i got this today..it works...only thing is im not sure the intended use, the lid has a tiny "vent" hole in it...its very nice quality, about 12 inches diameter by 6 inches in height and appears to be of the period, would love to know who made items like this as ive always liked this type of thing but have no idea what to search under....any thoughts, other than the obvious?? | |||||
| Removing Pet Hair from Chair Cushions | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | guyinSF | General discussion | |
| I purchased this vintage Danish lounge chairs with 2 cushions that are covered with lint and dog hair on the tweed fabric. I'm not able to unzip and remove the covers and put them in a washer. I tried using that sticky roller thing but that didn't do much and all the dry cleaners said the same thing, that I would have to take the covers out before they can clean them which I can't do. Where can I take my cushions to to get the pet hair and lint removed without having to remove the covers? Would a steam cleaning place or a carpet cleaner be able to do this? Thanks! | |||||
| Ok...my turn... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Ok...my turn... Verner Panton interiors also make me nauseus. (Whitespike I agree with you so often it's like we are design-twins) I'm convinced it's the patern on pattern on pattern thing Victorian stuff has the same effect on me....I want to go stand in the middle ofa big field and just lookat tthe sky and breathe. Stephen, While whitespike's girlfriend is indeed a pretty woman with lovely bone structure...it's not like she's the only one other in the world and she's spoken for. please go download ssome nice swedish porn movies and getthe whole thing out of your system. And by the way I am an East-Coast American and not the least bit priggish or uptight thank you very much HP, relax, it's like raising children...a phase, harles and fleeting LRF...fancy cars and verner panton...Hmmmm, nope can't go there with you... Here's a new controversial thing to toss about...can Moderism and Sustainability coexist? Does it have to be ugly to be good for the planet? Is beauty in design an antihesis of beauty in the environment? | |||||
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