Arne Jacobsen Egg chair - A Guide to Determining Date of Manufacture

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30/01/2014 6:53 am

I've been nerd-ing over early Egg Chars for the last couple evenings, trying to determine the age of a chair I might purchase... Thought I would share what I found.
But first, some things to note:
1. Fritz Hansen has produced an Egg Chair time-line, portions of which are included below. It seems to clear up exactly when the tilt option was introduced and exactly when the base was changed to two parts. It also gives a date for the addition of the seat cushion.
2. I have assumed that the number on the Fritz Hansen decal is a date stamp, mm/yy.
3. I believe that the metal base components might be a good way to date a chair, or exclude it from a certain time period.

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30/01/2014 7:03 am

1975
1975
- Sometime during this year base is changed to TWO PART
- Notice thin feet

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30/01/2014 7:05 am

1973
1973
- Tilt is introduced
- Notice ONE PIECE base
- Notice thin feet

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30/01/2014 7:08 am

1969
1969
- Notice thin feet
- Sometime around 68 - 69 a FH mark and number begins to be is cast into bottom of base
- Screw hole is located low on chair post

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30/01/2014 7:12 am

1966
1966
- Notice location of screw: very low on post.

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30/01/2014 7:17 am

1965
1965
- Notice thick feet and low screw location

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30/01/2014 7:20 am

1964
1964
- No cast mark in bottom of base.
- Low screw location

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30/01/2014 7:25 am

1963
1963
- Seat cushion added
- Notice thick feet
- Low screw location

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30/01/2014 7:30 am

AFTER 1963
AFTER 1963
- Notice thin feet on various chairs newer than '63.
- Chairs with cushion and thin feet seem to date later into the 1960s and 1970s

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30/01/2014 7:35 am

BEFORE 1963
BEFORE 1963
- No seat cushion
- Seems that ink stamp was used before 1963 (no foil lable)
- Notice that screw location in post moves up a bit
- Feet are sometimes thin, sometimes thick

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30/01/2014 7:39 am

1958
1958
- Notice very thin seat post compared to aluminum base.
- Notice thick feet

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30/01/2014 7:46 am

Then we come to the chair I'm looking at...
I guess this must date from somewhere between 59 - 62
- Notice high screw location
- Thick feet
- Ink stamp
- No cast mark in base
I hope some of what I posted is useful. Please let me know if I'm making any mistakes!!

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