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
story of a chair
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.
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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