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HowardMoon
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08/08/2013 3:44 pm  

This has bugged me for long enough.
This chair is often seen described as a Finn Juhl design but I am highly sceptical, even more so when it is sold as a France & Son production which I am certain it is not.
I did read somewhere a while back that this rocker was produced in Holland under licence from Finn Juhl.
Thoughts anyone?


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onno
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08/08/2013 4:07 pm  

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For what reason are you certain it's not made by France & Son?


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HowardMoon
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08/08/2013 4:37 pm  

Hi Onno.
The way the chair is construction looks very atypical of France & Son pieces.
The joinery and shaping of the timber looks off and lacks finesse.
The visible screws are not the standard hex key bolts used by France & Son.
The sculpted ends to the armrests differ in size to a Model 133 Spadestolen.
There is a visible screw holding the backrest to the back of the armrests.
Iv'e never seen this design listed in any France & Son catalogue.
Whenever I have asked anyone selling this design if it has a France & Son tag the answer has always been no.


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onno
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08/08/2013 4:51 pm  

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Okay, some arguments seem to be reasonable, I'll try to find out some more background infos.


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bj
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08/08/2013 4:52 pm  

I think these were made by Pastoe
don't know if they resourced the design from Juhl.
Chairs were often not labeled or be it with a sticker,
wich easily falls off.


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NULL NULL
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08/08/2013 5:54 pm  

It's presumably based on...
It's presumably based on this FJ non-rocker (below), in which tapered dowels are used for the vertical parts of the frames, rather than the squared-off planks you see in the rocker. Though maybe the planks are necessary in the rocker because they are bigger and can better bear the stresses of rocking?


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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08/08/2013 8:10 pm  

Pastoe: easy chair version
I think bj is very likely correct here. Attached are photos of the easy chair version of this rocker, with a pastoe label. It is current for sale on palisander.nl, so I won't post the link.
Not 100% conclusive, but very strongly suggestive.


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Tribler
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09/12/2014 12:39 am  

I recently bought 6 of these spade chairs (5 ordinary and 1 rocker) in Denmark, where they had been placed in a in holiday home. No marks or stickers, but I wonder if they were bought in Holland and taken back to Denmark.
Maybe Pastoe sold furniture in Denmark - or maybe there was a danish license on this model as well.....


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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30/01/2016 5:52 pm  

Made by M Nissen


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Reamie
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30/01/2016 8:43 pm  

Oooh that's my lounge chair! Where did you find that Leif? My chair is marked with the M. Nissen sticker. I put it up here to ID last year. It's very comfortable and lovely to look at!


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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31/01/2016 4:26 am  

On the Internet. Some blog somewhere. Has a number of old Danish furniture ads. Loppefund something in the URL.
I think it definitely rules out any question of Finn Juhl's involvement (and it was already a non question in my mind).


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Reamie
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31/01/2016 11:32 am  

Yep I agree, and the differences become even more obvious when you see and feel both.


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Tribler
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01/02/2016 9:35 am  

The lounge chair is Model 65 and the rocker is Model 66 made at M. Nissen factory in the Danish city of Horsens.
No specific designer is listed.
Literature: Mobilia nr. 133, august 1966.


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