Leather button back chair

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DCNZ

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23/04/2023 3:38 am

Can anyone help I'd this chair please? Just purchased this low back and a matching high back winged chair from a family who said they had owned them for years originally purchased second hand from an auction house in NZ. Looks like very thick buffalo leather with a few bumps and bruises. Just revived with soap and balm to feed the leather.

Any help would be great. Thanks Dave

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Herringbone

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23/04/2023 5:10 pm

Looks like Borge Mogensen's 2207 chair but with a slightly different construction and legs. Nice chair.

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24/04/2023 5:18 am

Thank you for that, appreciated. very very similar but the legs and button/patched upholstery are a question. might they be a vintage 'version' of Mogensen's design? cheers ..

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25/04/2023 11:44 am

I'll check in Grete Jalk's book. Theoretically it could be an early version made by Erhard Rasmussen für the Guild exhibition but I don't know how likely that is.

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26/04/2023 5:13 am

Thank you for that, I do appreciate it. I'll try to get a photo of the other chair with the high back and wings which is coming back from the leather getting revived. Cheers Dave

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