I have a set of 6 chairs with the Pastoe logo on the bottom. After some digging I have found that designer Cees Braakman had a line called the "japanse serie" which are well documented and look very similar to my chairs. However they are slightly different, the chair pictured has a different backrest, the cushion does not continue over the lip of the back which it does on all the examples that I have found. Does anyone have any ideas as to what the model of these chairs is?
@zinklynkz they are braakman not a different model just poorly upholsterd
the japanese serie never existed You dont find the name in old catalogues On a intermational show a dutch dealer named a specific braakman sofa and chair japanese and this as been taken over by many proof you shold always lookfor "the white raven" (karl popper by the way in his first text spoke off a black swan he a dane did not know black swans are not rare (outise danmark))
@wesemael Hey Zinklynkz again (my account got instantly banned no idea why so I'm on a new account). See the attached file for the rear of the chair, in my opinion it really does look different, the so called SA07 I find everywhere online seems to a flush upholstered backrest while with mine the wooden structure already sticks out further. I am also a little confused about the "white raven" is this a mark or a logo I could find? Couldn't find anything online about it.
Some links to the version I can find online: Bekijk Sa07 Pastoe Stoel Van Cees Braakman, 1970’S op Reliving
Cees Braakman - Twee design stoelen - Cees Braakman - Pastoe Japanse serie Verkocht | Kunstveiling.nl
Set of 4 vintage SA07 Japanese series dining chair by Cees Braakman for Pastoe 1960 (design-market.eu)
Thank you so much for your help so far, I am just really interested in figuring what these chairs are.
Z
@zinklynkx There is only the SA07 model which you found. There are no variants of or within this model. So I think the former owner changed it a bit.
The white raven is a metaphor. Not important.
@zinklynkx I see the problem you may have with the information @wesemael gave. You got six chairs, all with a backrest that doesn't look like the ones you tend to see on other pics. Apparently we cannot solve this riddle. There seem to be two possibilities. Either the former owner did indeed change all six backrests, as wesemael suggests. But I don't quite see why they would do that. Or there was some alternative version which maybe only was sold for a short period at the end of the production run and was never publicized in any known catalogs or books. But anyway I would argue that the chairs are Braakman for Pastoe.
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