I bought this Vinyl swivel and tilt egg chair this weekend. It is made by Broyhill, but looks very similar to the Milo Baughman Swivel Egg Chair for Thayer Coggin. Obviously the cushions are different, but other than that the chair looks really close to the Baughman version. I even found a pic of the underside of the Thayer Coggin version and the mechanism and base look the same. I have seen Rago and other "reputable" auction houses have been selling the Broyhill scoop chair as a Milo design. Could this chair be a really rare Milo Baughman Broyhill Egg chair or is this just a knock off.
Don't get me wrong. I am being honest with myself, I know the odds are completely in favor of knock off, but being a fan and collector of Baughman, I would be remiss if I didn't look into the possible connection.
This is the Thayer Coggin chair in question:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/518336238334726687/ 
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Thayer Coggin claims they were the exclusive producer of Baughman designs for almost his entire career (James was an early incarnation of Thayer Coggin, so it doesn't count as a different company). I believe this would thoroughly exclude Broyhill from ever having worked with Baughman....
Thanks for your reply Lief. Yes I have heard this too that Thayer Coggin had an exclusive relationship with Milo Baughman from the mid 50's until he died. Trust me I am as skeptical of Baughman attributions as anyone. I guess I was wondering if it was possible that the Broyhill scoop chairs and this egg chair could have been in the mid-50's when Baughman was "designing around", but I don't think that can be because Thayer Coggin attributes this design as like 1967.
The one attribution that really hangs me up though is the Directional line attributed to Milo Baughman. This seems like a really high end line of furniture to mis atribute to Baughman. I mean I get Broyhill or Dillingham or DIA because the Baughman name adds value, not sure that is the case with Directional Furniture. I mean wouldn't it add more value to attribute it to McCobb, Kagan or Evans if you are just going to throw an attribution to it.
Here is his bio on Thayer Coggin's site:
http://www.thayercoggin.com/thayerandmilo.html
quote:
Utilizing mainly walnut, iron and Formica, he created designs for Glenn of California and Pacific Iron, both of which became identified with the burgeoning "California Modern" furniture style.
In 1951, he designed a major line for Drexel of North Carolina and Winchendon Furniture of Massachusetts, bringing him to the east coast.
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After that he started his exclusive career with Thayer Coggin. I am sure the bio does not include everything that could be said about him, but I would think that designing for Broyhill would be just as big a deal as Drexel or Winchendon, and consequently would have been mentioned.
But then I could be wrong. I know very little about American furniture.
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