George Nelson for Arbuck - table and chair sets  

man overboard
Tinyarmada your sailors have been drinking salt water and become delusional

I realize it would set a precedent...
But can we close this thread already?

Straylight,
According to...
Straylight,
According to my research (10 seconds on google) the table pictured below was designed by George Nelson.
If you agree with me feel free to respond. If you disagree, youre wrong and I challenge you to provide indisputable evidence that it is not. Until then I will proceed to list it on Ebay with an asking price of $2000.
Thanks!

Hmmm
Could it be scurvy??

I have a sale flyer from...
I have a sale flyer from Pier 1 from 2005 with that table pictured and it does not mention George Nelson at all. Just so all y'alls know.

spacepirate
I have irrefutable evidence that your table was designed by Gianni Sachetta di Frutta for Walmart, limited edition run of 500,000.

OMG woody
I guess that clinches it. Pier 1 has a long history of selling knockoff patio furniture. Damn them.

the involvement of di Frutta
rules out the possibility of scurvy

di Frutta...
...is a healthy specimen, if nothing else.
p.s. Every time I open this thread, I think of Seinfeld reluctantly bunking with Kramer and Kramer reading the Sunday sales circulars: "Patio furniture's on sale.."

Di Frutta's portrait...
Di Frutta's portrait symbolizes the situation perfectly. His generously endowed Speedo proving, in the end, to be mostly just a fleeting shadow. He always has so much to teach us.

Yes.
And yet? Happy in spite of it all.

Di Frutta = Zen
Cheers, tchp. Nearly spat me Sam Adams all over the place!
Only the wisdom of Di Frutta could salvage this trainwreck of a thread.

GEORGE NELSON FOR ARBUCK
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What is with the yelling?
all caps?

The elephant in the room....
I wonder if anyone would care if George Nelson's name wasn't associated with this rather ordinary patio furniture. Lets face it, not his best work. When big names drive market prices there are always going to be people, and in particular dodgy dealers, pushing for attributions in order to charge punters big bucks.
I have been involved in similar discussions in relation to the steel rod furniture designed by Clement Meadmore in the 1950's. Dealers were happy to attribute almost anything made of steel rod to Meadmore so that they could get top dollar. After some indepth research, it turned out that Meadmore had done approx 13 designs for the company and then the company continued to make his furniture and new designs in his style for another 15 years. Is it not possible that Arbuck manufactured designs based on Nelson's initial designs? It was pretty common in the 1950's for companies to copy the work of designers.
Sometimes you get a feel for a designers work and you can tell by looking at a piece if the style and materials are right. It's not a perfect science getting a correct identification, but it should never be driven by ego or greed. The rule of thumb should always be 'no clear documentation = no id' and the next step is 'attributed to....' or 'in the style of......'.
If you have no documentation then you can't say it is........ It really is that simple. At some point in time all will be revealed.