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mike Usiskin
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20/09/2006 5:20 pm  

Hello,

It is I believe a 1950's or 60's recliner, covered in a (now very) soft man made fake leather. It has a locking mechanism which can be used to lock the angle of recline. I have no idea what the wood is i'm afraid but the chair is loverly in a very understated way. I'm trying to find out anything about it, although it may not have been 'designed' at all.
Kind regards
Mike


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Robert Leach
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20/09/2006 9:01 pm  

That chair
looked very familiar... then remembered it appears in a 1960 book I have called European Interiors..here it is with a couple of familiar friends.. but I can't give you a designer..though it must be Swedish or Danish ?


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dcwilson
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20/09/2006 9:46 pm  

Neat chair...
Be grateful you don't have the awful ottoman. Its ugly and doesn't go with the chair at all.


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Robert Leach
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21/09/2006 12:10 am  

LOL
have to agree..isn't...
LOL
have to agree..isn't it awful !


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mike Usiskin
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21/09/2006 3:01 am  

chair sluths
Hi again,
You're right! I am so glad I don';t have the ottoman, and I don't thnk my dad did either as I never seen it. Would you have any more info on the chair in the illustration as it appears so similar if not the very same.
many many thanks
Mike Usiskin


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Robert Leach
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21/09/2006 3:51 am  

Hi Mike
No..that's it..as...
Hi Mike
No..that's it..as you see it..straight from the book..
The book is entitled 'European Interiors' and dates from 1960it was my guess that it is Danish, or possibly Swedish.


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Brent
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21/09/2006 6:09 am  

Just out of curiosity, what's...
Just out of curiosity, what's the story behind you finding the chair? It's a beautiful chair.


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mike Usiskin
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25/09/2006 1:24 am  

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HI, I'm really glad you like my little chair, I've tried many others but....well you know when yo find the one...
This chair as illustrated in the book above (any isbn number or publishers details?) was brought in 1960 by my parents, the day they got engaged to each other. I've loved it (and abused it) from my early childhood and have stolen moments in it for over 30 years. My parents gave it to my granddmother in 1967 when they no longer had a space for it and first saw it in a small flat in London, with my Grandmother sat upon it!. When she died 2 years ago aged 97 my mother gave the chair to me. It has been, yo might say, lived in.


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Robert Leach
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25/09/2006 2:25 am  

First published in Germany 1960
English translation by Mervin Savill 1961..
no isbn number.. if you would like me to send you High Res pics via email let me know ?
Cheer,s Robert


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Brent
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25/09/2006 3:07 am  

Lived in!
You're fortunate. I love when someone says a piece of furniture is embued with meaning and personal memories. You're fortunate that it's a chair that you can wrap around you, and that the chair is beautiful. Congratulations. 🙂


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27/09/2006 4:44 am  

thanks again
many thanks Robert, I'll see what I can find.
regards
Mike


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Robert Leach
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27/09/2006 12:43 pm  

It looks like this :
Pic of the book cover ..


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Robert Leach
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31/10/2006 7:08 am  

There seems
to be a slight variance between Mike's chair and those other examples: the rear leg on his chair looks more vertical and the bend to the arm more pronounced. As a woodworker I'm curious about how that joint is made -- one can see a seam there on Mike's. Is there a visible spline that connects the two parts ? The other chairs' shape suggests a bent lamination to make that leg/arm. . .
Handsome and interesting chair(s), in any event !


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