Help! Awesome leather and chrome chairs and no idea what they are!

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Lourdez01

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30/08/2012 9:26 am

Hello, all. First time on this board. Thanks in advance for your help!
I had to pick these awesome chairs up, even without knowing who the designer is. I have a rule: If there's a pair and they're different/cool, buy them.
No makers mark. Definitely need some work. But they were just too cool to let sit at my local thrift store!
Mel

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30/08/2012 9:36 am

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noah

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30/08/2012 9:40 am

Cool chairs!
They are manufactured by Thonet. Not sure of the designer.

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HPau

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30/08/2012 10:54 am

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They are similar to some designs by Giotto Stoppino and Lilly Reich (for Thonet), perhaps they were done in house.

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30/08/2012 11:09 am

Well this is a small...
Well this is a small world..
Not only do I know where this is, I saw these chairs with a sold tag on them 🙂 For some reason I thought they were Thonet.

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HPau

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30/08/2012 11:36 am

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A tidy thrift store with carpet? No tootheless shoppers with sugar addicted children in sight, where is this Nirvana?

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30/08/2012 6:13 pm

LOL Good one,Heath! 🙂
So true,so true,and you know how they run around as though its McDonald's playland

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30/08/2012 9:26 pm

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Saw some very similar listed on eBay, the seller mentions Anton Lorenz for Thonet.

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Lourdez01

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31/08/2012 4:51 am

Holy smokes, that was so fast...
Holy smokes, that was so fast! Thank you very kindly for your help. I love these chairs, but I have no space for them (I live in a small apartment in San Francisco). Ahhh, the conundrum that faces all of us as we come across cool finds with no home.

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Lourdez01

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31/08/2012 4:54 am

@Woodstuff:
Yeah, they to...
@Woodstuff:
Yeah, they told me someone else had purchased them, and then decided against them later and bought something else instead. So you must have seen them during that time! I was lukcy enough to pick them up during their sale, so I'm a pretty happy girl. Now I just need to figure out what to do with them.
Would anyone recommend reupholsting? I'm thinking I might. The white vinyl isn't doing it for me. But the shape was just soooo cool!

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