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frankielemmons
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25/06/2020 4:48 pm  

This might seem like a prank given the one ridiculous photo I have. The chairs stand out to me in the way the back leg bends at seat level. I would think these are D-scan or something similar if it weren't for the angle of those back legs.

Any help or guesses are appreciated!

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cdsilva
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25/06/2020 5:44 pm  

Frankie, the designer and maker of the chairs are listed in the attached catalog page.

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frankielemmons
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25/06/2020 7:08 pm  

@cdsilva I think you're trolling me a bit, which I appreciate...a very fitting response.

If not, would you mind either making the image larger or just telling me the designer and maker? 🙂

Your image is more familiar to me, but I still cannot place it.

Thanks!


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frankielemmons
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25/06/2020 8:16 pm  

I did some sleuthing and found this additional photo. Still not sure on the chairs, but they don't seem to be anything special anymore. The table appears to be Vejle Stole & Mobelfabrik - sometimes attributed to Henning Kjaernulf. 

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cdsilva
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26/06/2020 7:06 am  

Trolling might be a bit harsh; just a little joke. I’m not sure what the chairs are.


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mark737
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26/06/2020 3:37 pm  

Could be this chair by Rud Thygesen for Magnus Olesen (pic and info from Danish Furniture Index).  Second pic is from a seller attributing them to Kai Kristiansen for Olesen.  

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frankielemmons
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26/06/2020 4:44 pm  

@cdsilva if you would have seen me desperately zooming and trying to read the text maybe you'd upgrade it to trolling. In any case, a had a good laugh.

@mark737 I think you're onto something. Interestingly, the furniture index image and many others online show this chair without a rear stretcher, whereas the "KK" image shows it with one. The photo I posted also has the rear stretchers, not that I think there is any way these are KK. And I just noticed that the furniture index version is a stacking chair, whereas the KK attributed ones and mine are not. Perhaps there was a small production of a non-stacking version. I guess I could contact Magnus Olesen - I won't have this set in hand for another week or so, so I'll hold off for now. Thanks.

 

 


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mark737
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26/06/2020 6:01 pm  

Yes, the majority do not have the rear stretchers.  Here's one on Chairish with stretcher and label to confirm.  Called the 45 series chair it was designed by Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen in the 80's. They were (and still are) available in stacking and non-stacking versions

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frankielemmons
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26/06/2020 6:23 pm  

@mark737 Thanks a bunch. Sometimes inquiries like this feel silly when others here are doing amazing research, but us small-timers need to start somewhere!


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mark737
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26/06/2020 6:36 pm  

No problem.  I'm still a small-timer myself and learn a few new things with each inquiry.  At least that's what I tell myself to justify all the time I waste here.   


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frankielemmons
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26/06/2020 6:47 pm  

Same. And re: that amazing research others are doing (@herringbone , @leif-ericson , etc.), I should correct my earlier statement about Henning Kjaernulf to Henry Kjaernulf. I'm still looking forward to @herringbone post about this, as there is so little information about HK and TONS of attributions to him that I don't think are well founded.


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29/06/2020 10:36 am  

@frankielemmons Wait just another two weeks or so. I‘ll try to reach out to his family for the last time. If I don’t get anything, I‘ll publish what I have, which is already something. Although I might not be able to clear all the attributions and possible missattibutions. If there‘s no source in the family, you have to go the other way round and confirm every attribution via catalogs, pricelists and ads etc. which can be an academic task if these things are not easily accessible on the net. Which is the case for many companies Kjærnulf seems to have designed for.

"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)


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Herringbone
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01/07/2020 10:22 pm  

@mark737, @frankielemmons - by the way: You‘re doing great! 

"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)


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