Please help me ID MCM Wicker/Rattan Lounge Chair

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meeper

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06/07/2012 11:52 pm

Can anyone help me identify/appraise this chair? It was damaged in a move and I am not able to find any definite information on it online. I need to send prices into the moving company and have nothing to go by.
The base is SOLID wrought iron. Most chairs that I have seen like this are on a hollow steel base that is similar, but bulky. When I acquired it, it had a sticker on the back that read "Made in British Hong Kong" The only company I've been able to find that operated from there was Calif-Asia, but after seeing similar chairs that were definitely made by Calif-Asia, they used the hollow steel bases.
I've read online anywhere from Milo Baughman to Paul McCobb designed these, but I don't think anyone really knows for sure. Any help would be appreciated.

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jdip

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07/07/2012 12:00 am

subtle
differences but I think these are fairly generic chairs. Ask for 200 and cross your fingers.
Sorry, they only allow for one hyperlink:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=i...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=i...

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straylight

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10/07/2012 6:34 pm

Calif-Asia
Here's a page scan from a 1965 Calif-Asia Catalog authoritatively identifying your chair. These chairs were manufactured in China and imported to the US. There is no known designer of record.

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