These chairs were made by someone named Kopf in 1975. Only I can't find out who he is. Has anyone heard of him. Ever see custom furniture by this designer?
What do you think of the chairs and design. Solid teak and very comfortable for small chairs.
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Hmmm...
Definitely a first for me. Can't say I'm familiar with the designer.
While my first impression of the chairs is positive, I think I like the idea of the design more than the execution. It's not often I come across something that is markedly different, to my eye anyway.
The back and seat are very nice. But the legs are just a bit silly I think. Both the thickness and the angle put me off. It's as if the designer overthought or was trying too hard to impress. Didn't come off in my opinion. A simple straight tapered leg design would've yielded a really lovely chair.
Possibly the work of Silas Kopf.
You might ask him?
http://www.silaskopf.com/silas_kopf_biography.htm
Hmmm... well, it's possible
that these items haven't travelled too far afoot. If you're really curious, you might try sending the photos around to local long-established dealers, auction houses, craft schools, and/or galleries that feature one-of-a-kind furniture. Often, though, many of the less successful folks didn't produce much before moving on to more lucrative pursuits.
Jesgord, those annual "Design" books from that period published by Fine Woodworking Magazine and Taunton Press would be one of the first places I'd look.
Was looking through...
Was looking through "Creating Modern Furniture" by Dona M. Meilach (Great book on wood studio furniture). Cam across a maker named Al Lockwood. Mostly worked with laminated woods (not solids) but you never know. Thought it was worth a mention.
I think most, if not all the pics in the link are from the book
http://mondo-blogo.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-know-you-were-stoned-when-you-...
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