Hi all,
This seems like the place on the net for forensic furniturology, so I hope you find my case interesting.
My neighbor, a Dane, passed away and his widow gave me some of their old furniture. He was 78, and once ran a travel agency here in Miami with his first wife.
After much googling, I've identified the early Dot stool, and the Wanscher fd 109 lounge chair. But questions remain about the chair, and a daybed/loveseat combination similar to those by Hvidt-Molvaarg. The frame is a little deeper, the corners more rounded compared to the H-V pieces. (I also received a gorgeous 'long and low' credenza but will post that as a separate query.)
The chair and other two pieces have identical two-tone green & beige upholstery (very 50s,) and are finished in a walnut color with a lacquer-type finish. The wood is actually very light, probably beech.
Except for the Fritz Hansen Dot, there are no maker's marks on any of the pieces.
The daybed pair have wedge-shaped back cushions but no supporting rails (or any holes or evidence of attachment.)
Are the maker's labels mainly for export? Any idea what I have here? Prototypes? Stolen merchandise? Cheap Bulgarian bootlegs?
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some of the early productions were before france and son became so and was france and daverkosen.
The early lacquered beech frames date from the fifties and can quickly be restored by by a good spray shop using satin varnish.
The versions of the 118 & 119 daybeds did not always have holes in the frames for arms nor back supports.
whatever you do don't dispose of the sprung inners as these can easily be refoamed over the springs and used for many e
years to come.
The story of how you got these always reminds me of a sign outside a shop north of Brisbane, AU which proudly stated
"we sell dead peoples stuff"
Thanks for the reply. Unfortu...
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I tossed the big daybed mattress, but kept the rest. It weighed a ton, had gotten wet and was becoming an ecosystem (this happens a lot in Miami.)
Before I began researching this, I had no clue as to history or value. My plan was to strip them and refinish with a clear oil finish. Which seems pretty traditional for the period. Bad idea? The walnut & lacquer, especially on the day beds was not a quality job and may not be original.
I love the chair but don't have room in the house for the others.
Anyway, in the end it's all dead people's stuff.
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