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sceneshifter
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26/11/2017 7:25 pm  

...can anyone shed any light on this. Cannot find anything about it? Thanks
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Spanky
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26/11/2017 8:52 pm  

Are you sure it's a coffee table? My first thought was that the raised edges look like they're meant to keep a cushion in place (though it would be odd for an ottoman to have a nicely veneered & finished deck like that).

http://barbmama.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1515072ZF-cfc-silkeborg-fa...

I'm betting it goes with those chairs. With a cushion, that is.


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27/11/2017 12:06 am  

Mmm Spanky, that's a satisfying and convincing ID. Yum.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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27/11/2017 1:02 am  

Bizarre, I replied here and it is not here. Anyway, yes, impressive ID spanky. I did not know that there is a companion piece to this set.

And the name is not Silkeborg. It is CFC which is short for CF Christensen, which was in Silkeborg. In the Danish scheme of naming things, the town was important to be sure, but it was not primary. CFC is the primary component. The town was an important part of the identifying information to be sure.


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28/11/2017 3:40 am  

heh, I just like to google stuff. In this instance, i figured the OP had most likely googled "silkeborg coffee table" which of course didn't yield anything. Since it looked more like it was supposed to hold a cushion, and it seemed about the right dimensions for an ottoman, I went for that. Except I think i just went wide and searched for Silkeborg Made in Denmark, or something--I can't remember now. Anyway, that gave me a bunch of the same labels PLUS a photo of an older one where the CFC was not stylized. (I'm sure i've heard of CFC before but never had any reason to secure it in the memory bank.) Then I did a search for CFC Silkeborg lounge chair, i think---figuring I might find one with that ottoman, or at least one that matched in style. Bingo! Pay dirt.

Countdown to one of you coming up with an old catalog image: 3..2...1......


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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28/11/2017 3:50 am  

It was designed in 1967. I don


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28/11/2017 3:37 pm  

Hm, I only get this Illum Wikkels

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


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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28/11/2017 6:34 pm  

I believe Spanky is saying it goes with this chair: https://aleph-01.kb.dk/F/CVMG5ABHQKJ3DGV1KNPU8NCMTDFYPXGCEK8387N2XBQNSDU...

Did Niels Bach make a similar chair?


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28/11/2017 9:14 pm  

That's funny. I believe it is actually Illum Wikkels


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28/11/2017 10:24 pm  

I think DrPoulet is right which makes it very, very, very likely that the design is indeed by Illum Wikkels

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


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sceneshifter
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29/11/2017 6:00 pm  

Brilliant thanks, I wondered why it was so low... makes complete sense now.

With the veneer top it could be used as a table too I guess..dual purpose

Thanks again


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Spanky
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30/11/2017 8:19 pm  

Yeah, it occurred to me later that maybe it was meant to be a low table between the two chairs. Maybe? Somewhere there exists a catalog photo of these pieces. If we're really lucky, it'll show up here.


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