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DrPoulet
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29/02/2020 9:13 am  

Hi all,

Just got 2 chairs by Møbelfabrikken Vamo. Not too common and usually attributed to Arne Vodder.

They are marked but no DFMC stamp or sticker. The wood is afrormosia.

Does anyone know anything about these chairs? Designer (I tend to think the Vodder attribution is wrong and they might be by Johannes Andersen), year of design, etc?

picture of the chairs enclosed 

Many thanks for any help

 
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DrPoulet
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29/02/2020 9:36 am  

Better professional picture (not mine)

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cdsilva
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01/03/2020 7:21 pm  

I had this chair a couple of years ago with both the Vamo stamp and DFC sticker. It is not in any of the Vamo catalogs or other misc books/catalogs that I have. Based on the leg tops and Vodder’s documented relationship with Vamo, I do think there is strong possibility that he was the designer. However, I could never find any verification documents that confirm that. Please post if you ever do.

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cdsilva
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01/03/2020 7:21 pm  

This is my favorite view of the chair.


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DrPoulet
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01/03/2020 7:41 pm  

Thanks cdsilva! I have searched for a good part of the week end and... nada. I will let you know if I can find some info.


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02/03/2020 10:39 am  

Did you try and ask the family? They run the homepage arnevodder.dk and might know.

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


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cdsilva
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02/03/2020 9:36 pm  

I think I sent a note to that website a couple of years ago but didn’t get a reply.


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DrPoulet
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02/03/2020 9:38 pm  

Hi Herringbone. I did actually but received no answer yet. I also have contacted a danish dealer on Instagram that says he got some documentation. Let’s see 😉


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cdsilva
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02/03/2020 10:40 pm  

Five bucks (or Euros) says that “documentation” is from some other dealer listing that says so.


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DrPoulet
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03/03/2020 12:18 am  

Ahah. Yes sorry for my English. I should have said ‘he got some documentation he could share’. Let’s see if he does... 


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Herringbone
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03/03/2020 11:34 am  

I was lucky enogh to get a reply from his daughter Pia via Facebook two or three years ago. Maybe that works for you, too. The site is not updated too often but they posted somethin in January. So it's not dead.

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


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