Early Hans Wegner Papa Bear Ottoman, or what?

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mdspirit

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14/12/2016 11:24 pm

Hi all,
I picked 2 of these ottomans at an estate sale hoping they were Hans Wegner...
They were terribly reupholstered and I removed the bottom fabric in hopes to find a label.
No luck, and after getting them home and comparing them to authentic Hans Wegner ottomans I can see they are not the same.
I did find part of a very old paper label. (see pics)
There were plenty of other Danish pieces in the home from the 50's and I know it doesn't look like the more common footstool, but It does feel like its from that period.
Any ideas as to what the heck these are?
Thanks!

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cdsilva

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15/12/2016 12:09 am

At risk of stating the obvious, they are most likely vintage Papa Bear stool knockoffs.

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mdspirit

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15/12/2016 12:33 am

Thanks for the reply! Agreed, bad ones at that!
The label seems so old much older than 1960's though.
I'd still be interested to find out who made them!

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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner

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15/12/2016 2:51 am

Why do you think the label is older than the 1960s? (It seems about right to me).
Being that these are vintage knockoff Papa Bear ottomans, the label can't be any earlier than the early 1950s. But it is much, much more likely to be from the early 1960s.

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