Double Triangles on Bottom of Miller Shell

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14/05/2006 8:39 pm

Hello everyone,

I am so happy to have found this website! I am a huge Modern/Deco fan, and my basement lloks like something out of The Brady Bunch meets James Bond.

I have come across a set of 4 Off White Herman Miller Shell Chairs with the tags on the bottom, and they are each stamped with the date April 11 1960. However instead of the Herman Miller Logo on the bottom there is a double intersecting triangle. Does anyone have any information as to why that is.

I would love to keep them, but they really do not fit in with the rest of the room. I am going to list them on ebay, and would like to have information on the triangle question.

Thanks in advance for any information, and I look forward to chatting with everyone in the future.

Peace and Good Health, Tom

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16/05/2006 3:29 am

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Just in case anyone is interested, here is a link to the pictures of the chairs I am talking about. I still have yet to find out what the double triangle logo is all about!
http://community.webshots.com/album/550378021AMnTHW

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16/05/2006 5:54 am

Don't think so.
I don't think that odd symbol means anything significant. Basic chairs circa 1960, as stamped & as "HM Furniture Company" on paper label, somewhat scarce color (but condition issues?)
There are all sorts of odd symbols on bottoms of the fiberglass chairs, no? I don't pay much attention to them, but it seems that way to me.
My 2 cents.

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16/05/2006 6:11 am

Ditto
You find shells with weird stuff on them rather often. You definitely have Herman Miller chairs and have a date ... that's all you need to know.

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16/05/2006 6:33 am

Thanks
Thanks for the info. I was just wondering if anyone happened to know what the triangles stood for, if anything.
On seperate note I just bought a HM stackable chair for my 5 year old that is the same as I used to have at school when I was young.
I still remember my 20 or so student kindergarden class arguing over who got to sit on the 3 red chairs! Little did I know how much those chairs would mean to me years later.
Thanks again!
Tom

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17/05/2006 1:10 am

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I found the answer to the triangle question, and just thought I would post it here if anyone else is interested.
Thanks again everyone!
Here is the email from Susan at Herman Miller.
In answer to your question regarding the symbol underneath the Eames fiberglass chairs. Herman Miller over the years had several different manufacturers make the shell for the Eames fiberglass chairs. The symbol on the bottom of the chair would vary according to which company was making the shells at the time. I do not know what company used the two triangles, however, this symbol was one of the earliest put on the chairs. Prior to this there were no symbols stamped on the chair.

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17/05/2006 2:10 am

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The name of the company is Summit (a.k.a. Summit Polymers Inc. Injection Molded Thermoplastics), of Kalamazoo, Michigan. This logo is sometimes accompanied by a Circle-S, or an ink stamp with the word Summit.

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