or, a restating of my issue from the Arbuck thread.
I wanted a fresh spot to clarify some things I wrote. Straylight et al, I am right there with you. Enough good info was posted by Straylight to make the case that it is bloody well unlikely that the Op's table and chairs are either Nelson or Arbuck. The only thing I took issue with (beside points stressing my original issue) was straylight's use of the terms "incontrovertible" and "I am 100% correct". We on this forum are frequently sticklers for accuracy when it comes to attributions, knock offs, and even if parts are correct.I am thinking of the very recent Papa bear thread and Straylight's discussion of Planner knock offs that are so close that even he had difficulty telling. Both only had measurement differences as the tell. Given these close shaves and others, can you not actually present the table and chairs in some original document and then claim it as either incontrovertible or that you are 100% correct? I do not believe so. Was an excellent case made? absolutely. But was it dead on balls accurate?
It IS back again.
It has raised it's head again. You're right - it is Cloverfield...Part III according to the last count.
You can prove it is George Nelson by knowing and verifying everything he did. And compare.
Or you can find a genuine attribution to the exact chairs and table we posted.
Those are the only two ways. And neither has been accomplished.
Straylight found information that points to it being highly likely that the set we posted is not George Nelson and that previous attributions are in error.
It is inconclusive, but on the balance of evidence presented, it is likely it is not George Nelson and that straylight is PROBABLY right.
If this was all the evidence that could be found, I would go with straylight on it. But it isn't all the information that can be obtained.
Sraylight and anyone else should exclude 'incontrovertible' and 'absolute' from the equation and we have a fair and reasonable statement about the information straylight unearthed.
I would venture to say once the Vitra Curator has culled through his records (which are the most complete archives in existence to my knowledge on this period of Nelson) and informs us of what they he/she has found, we can sit tight.
We will post the results which are expected in about 2 weeks.
- A.S.
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