Marvellous !Underside...
Marvellous !
Underside may have three letters stamped, impressed or hand-written ?
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Silly,
you've probably noticed the blue slider at the bottom of each of your posts. This appears when the photos posted are wider than about 520 pixels. Sliding that bar will reveal the rest of the image.
The side view of the central spine clearly reveals that this is not an old chair -- or that it is an unauthorized replica, perhaps. In the original chair the spine varies in thickness (number of plies); it's thickest at the bottom, where more stress is encountered, and thins as it rises toward the back mounts. (HM and Vitra chairs made today have a constant-thickness spine, like yours.)
Another point of interest is the specie of the veneer. The Herman Miller chair was made in several hardwoods: Ash, birch, walnut, cherry. The veneer of your chair looks more like Philippine mahogany to me, or even Lauan -- a poor cousin of Honduras mahogany and not a hard wood. And it was colored with a stain-finish -- as evidenced by the fact that the color disappeared when you sanded. The Eames hardwoods did not have to be stained to achieve their color.
So, I wouldn't worry about "loss of patina." This chair clearly wanted to be redone. If the yellow glue residue around that mount can be easily punctured, the adhesive is probably polyurethane glue, which foams in the squeeze-out and has that color. I haven't heard of this adhesive being used for shockmounts and would be interested to know how it holds up. You might leave that mount as is and see how it performs over time.
Oh man
these are identical to the pair that I got jerked on. Scroll down in the thread attached to refresh your memory.
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Well I'm relieved that it's...
Well I'm relieved that it's not authentic! I really doubted it was, as I said earlier, the measurements were off and there is no mark at all. And having read somewhere that the real ones aren't stained, I found it odd the color would come off with a light sanding.
So, phew! I'm going to refinish it and maybe replace the one funky,handmade shock mount. Then I'll have a very nice looking chair on which I can sit without worrying that I'll ruin it. I like stuff that looks nice AND is functional AND I don't have to worry over!
Jdip- looked at your chairs....
Jdip- looked at your chairs. Yeah, looks pretty much exactly the same.
Considering that I found the chair on the sidewalk while walking my dog last week, I'm pretty happy. Gives me something to mess around with. In fact, a really nice local purveyor of MCM Danish furniture said I could bring it over to his shop to strip and refinish it.
I'm actually really happy, as I recently bought a very run-down but super-cool MCM Danish daybed for $200, and the cost to get the seat reupholstered and a brand new bolster is so far out of my budget that I was wondering how I'd find a chair to even out the living room of my new apartment. Going from a studio to a 2 bedroom makes for lots of opportunities to get furniture, but recent law school grad and no job means very limited in ability to purchase.
Short on money but long on time = perfect opportunity for learning how to refinish cool MCM pieces. 😀
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After reviewing the second set of pics again, I feel a combination of relief and dismay. This is getting close to being almost like white van speakers or something, holy cow, for chairs (not to give any of you any ideas). Kinda sucks when the knockoff crap hits the resale market. Buyer beware!
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