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Kaitlinjdarnell
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01/11/2020 8:21 am  

Hello! I am very new to learning about antique furniture and this is my first exposure to potentially danish furniture so I’m sorry if there’s an obvious answer. I have been researching a lot and I haven’t found it yet. I picked up this chair from someone off offerup and I’m trying to ID it. I don’t know how to tell what kind of wood it is. It looks like it could be danish or at least inspired by danish furniture. I just want to know where it’s from even if it’s only Target or something. On the bottom there’s a number and it says “All New Materials 100% Polyurethane Foam.” Is that a common stamp to find or is it maybe particular to a certain manufacturer? Any help is much appreciated! 

 

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02/11/2020 3:41 pm  

@Kaitlinjdarnell

Hi, I suppose it's a British apartment where the chair is standing, and it appears to be a British design too, or American.
Some sort of hardwood, dark stained. And it's very likely a common stamp, not specific to a particular manufacturer.

Edit: no, sorry, I just noticed the American wall socket, so not British!


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02/11/2020 4:29 pm  

I would say "Danish-inspired" but American made chairs, probably walnut with vinyl upholstery from around the mid-1960's.  Many companies made chairs in this style.  Some of these were Taylor, Boling, Gunlocke, B.L. Marble, Jasper, and Paoli, but there were many others. 

Doing some quick image searches I only found this pair that appears to be the same chairs.  They were listed by a  Chicago blogger/furniture dealer who uses the name "Vintage Ground"  back in 2012.  He did not include a maker but you could try contacting him to see if he might know.  His blog and Facebook page are easy to find.

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02/11/2020 5:05 pm  

Actually, based on the chair details including flat plywood seat, the OP's chair looks more like the Japanese-made Kosuga, rather than the American-made Jamestown. 

They are quite similar though.


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02/11/2020 5:18 pm  

Interesting, had never heard of Kosuga.  Looks like some of their chairs, like this one, were imported by Hurricane Import Co. of San Francisco, who it seems were best known for importing miniature Japanese binoculars.

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02/11/2020 5:33 pm  

@mvc haha yea I'm in California


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02/11/2020 5:36 pm  

@mark737

Wow thank you! I'll definitely reach out to them.

Seperately, how do you do an image search? Is it through google?


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02/11/2020 5:43 pm  

@mvc @737 @cdsilva Thank you all for your help! I'm trying to get into this industry a little and get better at researching so if you have any pointers I would really appreciate it.


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02/11/2020 5:52 pm  

@cdsilva

In which features do you see differences between the two manufacturers? Just the seat?


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02/11/2020 6:52 pm  

@kaitlinjdarnell  As far as image searching, if it's a good clean image I usually start with Pinterest.  That will usually send you in a few different directions but I've gotten lucky many times and found quick matches.  I have not had much luck with Google's reverse image search and rarely use it.   Google is useful if you can accurately describe some of the key details of a piece, like wood type, upholstery, country of origin, style.  For example, entering keywords like "mid century walnut vinyl armchair" will bring up a number of images of chairs similar to yours.  And then if you have the Pinterest Add On you can click on the images that are close to what you're looking for and it will pull up visually similar images on Pinterest.     


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