Egg chair puzzle

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Pegboard Modern

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01/12/2010 9:55 pm

OK, here is a riddle for Danish enthusiast. These images are of different bases on three generations of Jacobsen egg chairs made by Fritz Hansen. I've arranged them in the order I believe they were produced.

First is the cast one-piece base but there is no manufacturers mark in the mold.

Second is the cast one-piece base with the FH and "made in Denmark" in raised letters.

Third is the two part base (chair has tilt function) and is marked in the mold.

I think that the earliest (late 50s or very early 60s) is unmarked. Then in the mid to late 60s they began marking the base. I am not sure exactly when they switched to the two part base, but I think it was in the late 70s.

Are my date estimates correct or am I way... off base?

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LuciferSum

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01/12/2010 11:06 pm

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Can't help with the dating, but that was the best pun ever.

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jesgord

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01/12/2010 11:57 pm

Doesn't help all that much, b...
Doesn't help all that much, but the chair I just got has a FH sticker on the base dating it to 1968. It has the second base you mention...Accordingly, they were still using this version in '68

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glassartist

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02/12/2010 1:53 am

the one
I had I got from the original owner who purchased it new in 1973. The base marks match your middle entry. So far so good.

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barrympls

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02/12/2010 3:04 am

I used to have the egg stool
and I clearly remember that the bottom of the base looked exactly like the first picture...no raised printing in the aluminmum.

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