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swellcurate555
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20/01/2018 6:02 pm  

On the bottom of each chair is printed " 221 WHITE" and "9026 & 9027." Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Herringbone
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21/01/2018 12:35 am  

No idea what it is but I don

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


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swellcurate555
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21/01/2018 1:43 am  

Herringbone,

Thanks for your comment. While I'm confident these chairs were not made in Denmark, I do see Danish influence, or style in them.


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21/01/2018 10:58 am  

They kind of look like a brutalist version of danish furniture. In this respect you might indeed find traces of Danish modern in them. But honestly I have no idea. They look American to me.

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


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Spanky
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21/01/2018 3:43 pm  

They would definitely fall into the category of Danish Modern style, but yeah, not Danish. Drexel marked their furniture with that same kind of stenciling---might start there? Danish Modern was very hot in the late 50s and 60s in the US and even little furniture companies churned it out. Even the Sears and Montgomery Wards catalogs were full of it. And for whatever reasons, American furniture companies often didn't put their names on their stuff so it may be next to impossible to trace these to their origins.


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21/01/2018 5:05 pm  

jscooke415, the clues are already there under the seat. An American manufacturer name which was probably founded in the late 19th century in one of the furniture manufacturing regions in the USA like Grand Rapids or parts of North Carolina & continued to make furniture in the mid 20th century using in house designers to keep up with the times.

The manufacturer stenciled those there more like for their use & did not anticipate that over half a century later that there will be this mass obsession to do a background check on vintage furniture before these items gets invited into people's homes.

If the design appeals to you, you have a need for them, functions well in the context of what you already have, these are all that matters.


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swellcurate555
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23/01/2018 10:56 pm  

Spanky, looks like you were on the right track with the small furniture companies churning these out, thanks for your comments!

Minimoma to my rescue once again, thank you for the terrific insight. It makes perfect sense considering I found them in North Carolina. Can't say I hate the fact that I haven't seen others like it either, something about being designed in house here in NC is pretty special to me. Btw, I couldn't agree more with your words about what really matters! Thanks again.


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