Finn Juhl #48 chair (?)  

I would have thought that it would be unlikely that such a heavy stain would have been applied by the manufacturers.
What is the timber underneath WHC?

smells like home stain
and looks like teak which the chair was offered in.
Strip it and get a GREAT chair once more!

Perhaps you're right-- an old DIY stain.
It does look like teak underneath, which would certainly be preferable not obscured by a stain (WHO stains teak, fer chrissakes?!).

nice leather too.
nice leather too.

Too bad it made it into the w...
Too bad it made it into the window auction....someone could have really scored otherwise

I revived this old thread to discuss a 48 chair up for auction right now.
One of my standing goals as a Danish Modern collector is to eventually acquire (at a reasonable price) a Finn Juhl / Niels Vodder piece, whom many consider to be the top designer/cabinetmaker pairing of the era. I have never owned any Finn Juhl piece, so would also consider Bovirke, Niels Roth Andersen, Baker, and France and Son made pieces in the meantime as well, although a Niels Vodder piece is the ultimate prize for me.
Anyway, an auction in the US is about to start that is advertising a "NV-48" Finn Juhl armchair. While the photos provided look like the chair could be made of teak (I'm no wood expert), the auction house says that they cannot find any marks on the framing underneath the seat. My understanding is that every Finn Juhl / Niels Vodder piece is branded with the two-line mark that includes both their names. Is this correct or are there documented unmarked Vodder pieces?
If this 48 chair is not made by Niels Vodder, is Baker the only other manufacturer that made this model? I know that there were other Danish manufacturers for the Chieftain, 45, and 46 chairs, but I can't find any reference to another Danish-made 48.
If all of Niels Vodder pieces are marked and Baker was the only other manufacturer of this design, then this auction chair is either 1) a teak Vodder piece whose mark has worn off, or 2) a walnut piece by Baker, who I I understand did not mark their Juhl pieces very well.
In addition, the back rest has two bolt supports at the middle vertical support bar. Almost all of the Vodder and Baker 48 photos that I can find online show only 1 bolt at the middle support (besides obvious hack jobs). The additional bolt and wood plug look well executed, but without any other similar photos, I am assuming that this was a repair job to this chair to reinforce the backrest support.
Factor in all of the above and that the pre-bidding is already up to $1300, I have decided not to bid on this item, and therefore not wait until after the auction to make this post.
I've attached a few photos, including closeups of the wood and upholstery. Any thoughts from the Finn Juhl and Niels Vodder experts out there?

As is usually the case, I find something new right after I make a post. Here is an advertised Baker walnut 48 from a Japanese website that shows two bolts at the center support and looks almost identical to the current one up for auction.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/modern123/e/79980824fa06fddc1443c408489ba6ea
My guess now is that Baker added the extra support at some point during production to reinforce the backrest.

An update for those interested: the chair sold for $1300 plus commission.
Also, I checked my Oda Danish Chairs book, and it turns out both Niels Roth Andersen and Soren Horn produced the 48 chair as well. Apparently, Baker didn't make the cut for Oda.

There is currently an old Danish furniture book by Esbjorn Hjort on eBay, where a few sample pages are shown. As a passed by a Niels Vodder-made 48 chair, I just happened to notice a rear angle photo that clearly shows two plugs at the center support of the backrest.
Therefore, my previous theory of the double bolt being a Baker design refinement is incorrect.