Anyone know this chair ?

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peajay

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04/09/2012 1:11 am

I have just purchased a set of six chairs like this one, they are steel with chromium plated steel frames. The dealer that sold them said he thought they were by a US designer that was associated with Los Angeles airport ?? Any help would be much appreciated

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Solange

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04/09/2012 1:23 am

David Rowland 40/4 chair....
David Rowland 40/4 chair....

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peajay

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04/09/2012 2:17 am

Thank you Can you...
Thank you Can you recommend a good website or book to identify similar retro furniture ? I think my chairs are 1970s vintage, is there any market for these older models ?

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SDR

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04/09/2012 6:18 am

I am personally
familiar with a shockingly limited number of classic modernist chair designs. This is one I have enjoyed; for an un-upholstered all-metal chair it is delightfully comfortable. An architecture office I worked in c. 1970 had some of these, in beige.
Unlike the Eiffel base (for instance) here we have the bare minimum of material arranged for the maximum of sturgidity*.
*Term ©David Mansfield, Hanson, MA, 1968

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tktoo

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04/09/2012 6:35 am

Agreed, SDR.
The art school I attended in the '70's had them everywhere and 40 of them stacked are ridiculously heavy, yet surprisingly easy to move about on the special dollies.
http://www.my40in4chair.com/index.php/standard-40-4-chair/dolly/dolly.html

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