Selig chairs identification? McCobb Directional Sofa?  

Hmmm. Seems to be an issue with Chrome, I guess. Maybe I have a virus.
 
 

OK so nevermind about the sofa.

Found a couple other examples of the chairs, but they all seem to sit at a reclined angle. You might think from looking at them that they rock a bit, but mine do not. Was this an option, or were they just reupholstered this way?

So nobody knows about these chairs, huh? Hmmm. I called that Vintage Supply place and asked if they had catalogs or anything that gave them Kofod-Larsen... the guy basically said that Kofod-Larsen did a lot of designs for Selig, so... I pressed him and he said he'd try to dig through his catalogs and email them to me, but I don't have high hopes for this. That nobody here recognizes them makes me assume that they probably aren't?

Fwiw I think they are quite likely Kofod Larsen. Stylistically they seem right. And a Selig chair almost bears a presumption of Kofod Larsen. 
It might be hard to find documentation on them. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a very short run, and documentation is as scarce as the chair.

Thanks, lief. Any ideas on the differences in seat angle? My friend suggested that, like the Penguin chair, it is an issue of dining vs. lounge. The Vintage Supply guy said it was in that fixed position originally.

Is there any chance that the chair has been reupholstered and put back on at a different angle?
It also could be an intenionally difference between a dining chair and a lounge chair I suppose.  
I have also noted a bit of "experimentation" in some of Kofod Larsen's rare designs for Selig.  I suppose it is possible that is what happened here. 

I don't believe that they have been reupholstered. The seat foam is dusting out of the fabric and is brittle to the touch in some spots. My first thought was that the other chair had been angled, but then I found another example. Hmmm.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8235609
Here is another pair, both angled.

So I've been making some phone calls lately and asking around. Spoke with a woman who used to be with Directional and she put me in touch with an older guy who used to be a rep, in addition to running his own furniture store. I typically assume that everybody here already knows everything I learn on my own, but anyway. They told me that Sedgefield initially started out producing designs for Directional, and then was purchased by them. They suspected that this sofa came from the period of time when they were making Directional's designs, which I guess makes sense if you look at the tag. The old sales rep said he would suspect McCobb, but couldn't be sure. He also told me that I should just make up my own story because the designers and other people involved are all basically dead and that nobody would know the difference.

Also, again something that you guys might already know about, but I just stumbled across:
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001598451f
Full PDF of Paul McCobb's Directional Designs.

So I've taken it on good authority that the sofa is definitely not McCobb and neither is the other one. This Directional stuff is so labryrinthine that I'm not sure how anybody knows anything. Catalogs, I suppose. Anyway, I put the taller legs on the sofa and it makes a pretty striking difference. Not sure why the previous owner purchased an extra, taller set of solid Walnut legs and then never used them, but hmmm.

Still no luck with the Selig chairs ID, but I'm going to keep posting whatever I find about this sofa in here. Partly just because I am somewhat enjoying the search, and also in case anybody else out there ever has a similar question.
Sedgefield Furniture Corporation was created in 1965 as a joint operation between Directional Industries, Inc. and KayLyn, Inc., a manufacturer of upholstery items in High Point, N.C.. Bud Mesberg and I assume his brother or somebody else, G.W. Mesberg, were chairman of the board and president. They produced Directional designs and other contemporary upholstered furniture pieces, with KayLyn handling the manufacture and Directional handling the marketing of the products. In 1971, half of the company was purchased along with KayLyn, Inc. by Hickory Furniture. In 1975, Directional completed acquiring the remaining half of the company from Hickory, and moved into their offices and plant and started manufacturing stuff themselves.
I have also been told that the Directional tag on this sofa is after '68 and before '72.
 

So, leif, you may have been correct... took one of the chairs to the upholsterer I've worked with before and he said he wouldn't rule out the chance that they were redone... noted that the buttons looked newer, etc. Hmmm. He also said it was very likely they made both versions, angled and upright, so who knows. Then he told me he'd suggest having them both redone again because the foam was shot. Which I figured as much. Looking at about a grand to have that done, plus fabric. Hmmm. They were not cheap in the first place, but I would really like for them to look perfect. I figure that's probably a good price... he's always been affordable and does really excellent work. What kind of fabric would you guys suggest, or personally enjoy to see?