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Erik Buch Model 89 Afromosia? Walnut? or?  

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Raijin
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06/10/2021 11:50 pm  

So I have this set of Erik Buch model 89s and they are dark. I have had these before and a lot of places online list them as teak. They could be teak but stained dark if they are. I don't feel like there is enough contrast in the grain to say they are rosewood and I have seen one listing on Panomo that shows some in walnut. If anything they look almost look like afromosia to me (the pictures make them look a little redder then they are) but anyone here care to give an opinion?

 

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07/10/2021 2:10 am  

They aren’t Erik Buck. I think that Bernhard Pedersen made a chair very similar or maybe identical. And the wood looks to me like Afrormosia. If you get a sharp closeup of the grain I can tell you for sure. 


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07/10/2021 6:32 am  

My bad, I should probably just say Anderstrup chair (I looked up the other thread)? It is too easy to see the 100's of listings all saying Buch model 89 but I am guessing nobody really knows who or if there was a designer... anyways here is another pic.

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07/10/2021 2:37 pm  

Afrormosia


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07/10/2021 2:41 pm  

Oh and I checked the Bernhard Pedersen documentation and this chair or a similar one might have been used as a prop in one image but there is no evidence the BPS made it. Is it a documented Anderstrup model?


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07/10/2021 4:44 pm  

@lexi posted this photo from a Happy Viking catalog in this thread:

https://designaddict.com/community/identification/Denmark-Chair-ID3296/

 

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07/10/2021 5:34 pm  

Yes that was the thread that I was referring to. The chair on the left is obviously a Buch copy so it easy to see how his name got thrown in. Are we sure though that Buch had no relation to Anderstrup?


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07/10/2021 6:12 pm  

Well, I mean I suppose not, but we know that the Erik Buck name got associated with the Anderstrup 78 based on a superficial appearance.  So saying that perhaps it really is an Erik Buck because a lot of people have repeated it is a very unsupportable position.  It is a bit like saying they are Kai Kristiansen or Henry Kjærnulf or Hans Wegner because nobody can prove definitively prove you wrong.  We know of absolutely no evidence that any architect was ever associated with Anderstrup.  


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08/10/2021 4:15 pm  

This question was also discussed in this thread .

https://designaddict.com/community/identification/what-the-buck

 

 


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08/10/2021 4:28 pm  

@mark737; a memorable thread due to it's title !!

Knowledge shared is Knowledge gained


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08/10/2021 8:40 pm  
  • @lexi. Yes, our old friend @mvc appreciated it. Hope she’s doing well.

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09/10/2021 6:58 pm  

@mark737  Thanks, Mark, I'm fine, hope you are too. All the best!


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10/10/2021 5:38 pm  

@mvc  Happy to hear you are still out there and doing well. Your knowledge and opinions are missed, at least by some of us.   


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