hello
I am kind of confounded and wondering if anyone can offer any insight into what I have here.
I purchased these chair frames having only seen a picture and thinking it would be a matter of reconstructing the strapping and having cushions made. When I gained possession of the frames I was surprised by a couple of things.
First of all there is no evidence of any past structure on the chair frame except a single hole on the each side on the inside of the lower back seat rail.
No wear basically anywhere and there is no other sign of strapping or a frame support for a seat base.
Secondly the front rail is quite a bit higher than the rear meaning even if I put a ledge on the interior with a frame I can put strapping across the cushion would sit at a significant angle.
The back piece is super low making me wonder what the cushioning on this chair originally looked like.
I am attaching some photos. They were taken at night in a less than ideal location (lots of stuff going on around them) so hopefully you can see what I mean.
I put a loose seat cushion from a Jalk lounger and a side cushion from my hvidt couch on it to see what it looked like and really still not sure what they would have looked like..how the seat support was supplied and what type of cushioning to have made.
Am I missing something? Can anyone help?
thanks
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Yes, what Leif said--and here's a Vodder chair that shows what yours might have looked like, sort of: https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/lounge-chairs/danish-modern-te...
thanks Leif and Spanky.
I was wondering about something like that. I have one of those Vodder chairs Spanky. I will inspect it and double check the framing to help me visualize .
I still think it is pretty weird that there is no wear pattern where a 'L' frame would have sat, especially on that front rail and also that there is no sign of hardware ANYWHERE on the piece except those two tiny holes on the back. An upholstered 'L' frame would also make that front at a super high angle to the back even with a tapered seat cushion. You would think there would need to be more hardware somewhere to support and attach n 'L' frame
I tried to post bigger pictures but had to shrink them to nothing to get them to post. I will try to repost larger . I did some searching on the frames with those arms but had very little to go on and did not find anything yet.
In theory you can bolt an L frame into that structure, and it will be wedged in there tight and unable to rock or wiggle. As long as no rubbing occurs, it need not have caused any wear. There might have been a block of wood on the bottom of the L frame butted against the front stretcher to guarantee the frame could not wiggle forwards and backwards.
In many cases, I believe you would see much more structure, but if anyone was going to strip a design down to the absolute minimum and really on perfect craftsmanship to provide the strength, it would have been the Danes.
I checked out the framing on my Vodder chair and I see remarkably little wear on the outer frame even where the L frame facsimile hits it! I am truly surprised that something can bear weight for that long and not show the evidence of it. Without the reclining L frame system, the construction is remarkably similar to the mystery chair frames.
I am going to have a frame of some sort made and upholster it somehow...wish I could track down a picture of the whole chair!
until I can find a original for template ...my choice is likely to put ledges inside the seat frame and place a frame that can be strapped and then have loose cushions like the frame shown from my Jalk chair base
is it cheesy to have that low cushion against the back? ....I kind of like that quirky low compact look... but I am sure the original had some kind of high back and it may just be too blasphemous 🙂
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there is this option but considerably more complicated I think and would have to figure out how to attach the upholstered L frame to the chair after figuring out how to build such a thing:)
I don't think it has to be a high backed chair, BUT that back stretcher provides no support for the top half of the back cushion, so it is going to be a very uncomfortable chair. To make it work, you will still need to build a short L frame and upholster it.
I would suggest you keep looking for a photo of the original chair.
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