moreddi  

Help identifying this set?
Hi - I purchased a Danish modern dining set off of Craiglist for a song and the previous owners knew that they were teak and from Denmark, but beyond that couldn't give us any other info.
Can anyone help me identify the chairs? The table is marked with labels that I didn't see originally - Domus Danica and Heltborg Mobler and I think it's by John Mortensen. Someone on another site said they think the whole set is teak, but the only tables like this with the same names are rosewood.
I'm pretty sure the chair on the right is from Moreddi by Johannes Andersen. The other 3 chairs are Moreddi (again, I missed those markings when I was first wondering about the pieces!), but I can't find any others like it online. Can anyone tell me more about the chairs? The legs of those 3 chairs do not have the elegant tapered legs of the 1st chair so I don't think they're from the same set. Now that I think about it, there are 3 different origins to this set. I've figured out 2 of them, I just need help with the last one.

The one on the right is definitely
Johannes Andersen for Moreddi. Not sure about the others

RE: Info on Morredi / Frank Bros. ...
Hi Marni...I just recently came across your post on this forum while researching another Danish furniture manufacturer and was excited that a source of info exists for Morredi as it's a company I am currently researching. I've gone through the 'Finding Aids' for the Frank Bros. archives in the Getty but records are silent about any connection to Morredi... thus my enthusiasm to see your post. I would really welcome the chance to talk to you and your dad regarding Morredi's history. Best, chris kennedy

designers
hi marni
any idea who some of the designers who worked with your families imported morreddi pieces were?
Particularly the link below:
http://redmodernfurniture.com/2010/10/23/sculpted-teak-dining-chairs-by-...

I stumbled across this old thread looking for something else, and thought I'd offer an educated guess to one of the questions posed buy teapot in Feb 2012.
While I am not 100% sure of the manufacturer of the three dining chairs, I would place a small wager that they are by Randers based on two pieces of circumstantial evidence:
1) Randers made another chair with the same seat rails, leg connections, and rosewood racetrack plugs for the leg bolts (see photos), and
2) Moreddi was importing other Randers pieces, including dining chairs by Harry Ostergaard, which can be found with Moreddi stamps.

Also just found a link to a Moreddi archive collection in the Getty Museum, which apparently included catalogs:
http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/2009.M.19/2009.M.19.x...
Anyone in LA interested in going to take a look and scan the catalogs if allowable? Maybe some of the mystery designers and manufacturers might be mentioned in there somewhere?

I'm wondering if anyone has gained anymore knowledge about this. Do we know any more about which designer's works they imported? I picked up two beautiful tables today (coffee and side) and am really curious about who the designer would have been...

Hi Marni!!!!!

Please reply if you are still active here!😃

I have a few Moreddi questions.

By the way, I have yet to see anyone confirm this, but Moreddi has GOT to be what they came up with when combining Morry and Eddie!!!😄😄😄

I LOVE IT!!!

Brad

You're post on your family's furniture business is over 10 years old! I hope you will be able to respond to this inquiry.

I have a "Moreddi" coffee table my Mother purchased from a showroom at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, where we lived. I'm in the process of restoring, cleaning and re-oiling it. I would love to have more information on it, furniture maker, how the legs are attached to the frame, etc. If you Father is still available, I could send a photo.

I just finished restoring a Laminett chair, the small brother of the Lamino, which I also owned. Again inherited from my Mom, as well as an Eames chair. She had great taste and I was fortunate to grow up in a house with some of the most beautiful modern furniture. Having some of these great pieces in our home is beyond precious.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide. The family information was most valuable to discover.

Thanks, David

Yellow Springs, OH

dmader48@mader.us

I hope nobody is so careless and opens the movie file. The admin should delete the file.

David, if you post a photo of your Moreddi table, there is a good chance it will get IDed fairly quickly.

I have a beautiful SKOVMAND & ANDERSEN DANISH MODERN TEAK TABLE with two leaves that are bookmatched and for chairs. I wanted to know more about them!!