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Chris M.
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14/09/2016 5:16 pm  

Just found this chair out for the trash around the corner from my home. Can anyone help identify it?
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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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14/09/2016 5:34 pm  

It looks more Scandinavian to me. I would start by figuring out what wood it is. And I can't tell from the photos as you camera lays the smoothing filter on heavy.


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Chris M.
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14/09/2016 6:02 pm  

@leif ericson it's definitely teak. I know most of the Baumritter chairs I've seen were walnut but I wasn't sure if they used teak. The arms have me thrown off and I've seen this chair online in several places but there is never a maker or designer attributed to it.
example: https://www.etsy.com/listing/125910720/reserved-mid-century-modern-danis...


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14/09/2016 6:43 pm  

Are the side frames attached by hidden keyhole joints that allow for easy disassembly? Checking the inside of a keyhole joint is always an easy way to see if the wood has been stained. Without any closeups, I would guess stained beech or similar. I had a similar framed chair that had keyhole joints and was stained beech. It was stamped "Made in Denmark" in red in a few places. However, the framing was not identical to yours.
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Chris M.
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15/09/2016 4:35 pm  

@cdsilva Yes they are hidden where the armrest meets the backrest. Also, upon further inspection I believe the arms are Beech but the backrest looks to be a different wood?


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15/09/2016 4:39 pm  

If you take some sharp, well lit close ups of the wood, we can probably tell you.


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Chris M.
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15/09/2016 4:53 pm  

I hope this helps. I read in another thread that there was another similar version of this chair made in Yugoslavia. I'm wondering since mine differs from yours cdsilva if mine might be the Yugo chair.




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15/09/2016 5:03 pm  

I went and bought new foam yesterday since the original foam had crumbled and turned to dust. I also bought new straps/webbing and am going to look at my local hardware store to see if I can find a suitable clip to attach to the ends that will fit the slots, unless anyone has a better suggestion as to how to replace the straps. I'm almost positive my cushion covers were made later and a bit amateurishly I might add so I'm having new ones made today. Luckily my good friend is a upholsterer and owes me a favor. 😉


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15/09/2016 5:30 pm  

I have no idea what that wood is except I suspect it is thickly stained. And it is NOT teak.
Yugoslav chairs I have seen are always beech.


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15/09/2016 8:13 pm  

Your local hardware store won't have anything that can be used for webbing clips but they're easy to find online. There are a couple of types--you should measure the width of the groove and note whether it's slanted or perpendicular (probably slanted). The clips are easy to attach to the webbing, no specialty tools needed.
I don't remember ever seeing two wide slots like that, for what it's worth. Usually it's one long one on front and back, and often on the sides, too---or you have individual slots for each strap but those are fastened with dowels, not clips.


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15/09/2016 10:15 pm  

Many Yugo pieces have a small light "YUGOSLAVIA" imprint on the back of a seat rail, not an ink or burn brand. They can often be overlooked. Take a flashlight and do a close-up inspection of the framing to see if you can see one.
Also, I don't believe I've seen those two eyelet brackets on the sides of seat framing before. Or if I did, it obviously didn't stay in the noggin very long.


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Chris M.
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16/09/2016 7:39 am  

Well I was able to find a suitable replacement for the webbing clips by using some mending plates and a little ingenuity and a vice. I now have all my webbing in place and I'm just waiting for my cushion covers to be made. They should be ready by Sunday but I got bored and tried to dye the original covers black using RIT dye and then following up with some Tulip aerosol fabric paint which I have now learned to never use for this type of application. The fabric now feels completely like rubber instead of the wool that it once was. I'll be glad to have my new white covers soon.
I also checked with a flashlight this evening for any markings and didn't find any. I was pretty thorough so if there were any I'm sure they're long gone. As for the eyelet pins I'm pretty sure those are there to keep the chair from cantilevering the backrest out of the hidden keyhole joints when you sit down. That's the only function I can imagine they would serve.


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Chris M.
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19/09/2016 3:36 am  

Well here it is, all done.




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Zephyr
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19/09/2016 3:58 am  

Nice work. Looks a lot better than when you found it in the trash!


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19/09/2016 6:08 am  

Yes, much better now! I like the rug, too.


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