Hideous upholstery on modern pieces  

a companion to the Plycraft above?
The color on this makes my teeth ache. But it's not just the color! It's the overstuffededness. They're not just too thick, they've also got too much batting wrapped around them, giving them that rounded, poufy look. And the back is about 6" too high.
Just...ugh.

Velour Ottoman
My ottoman, cushion still upholstered in orangey-brown velour. Below that is my chair, upholstered as one day the ottoman will be.

Just found this on Craigslist
I'm super tempted to buy it.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/fuo/2542353956.html

I dunno...
this one is so bad it is almost cool...or maybe I have just seen too many scary ones on this post and my retinas have burned out...(was referring to the cow boy rocker!)

And they couldn't predict...
And they couldn't predict this when they took the order?

Hahaha
Just lovely.

I don't think Quistgaard
would do that to us. Those "dansk" pans above, while similar to my dansk pieces have a couple of differences beyond the floral thing. The real ones I have do not have a screw through the end of the wood handle and the crossed lid handle elements are at right angles. I will shut my eyes and chant "demon knock offs, be gone!"

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All these hideous fabrics...would it be possible to dye them black, very very black? The Egg chair might look like some strange sort of sleazy damask but it would have be better than that.

Heath
There might be a fabric dye that can be painted onto upholstered furniture, but the floral pattern might still show through even with black. I know there are textile paints that would cover it and I've heard of people doing this and saying that it actually doesn't feel stiff when it's dry. Paint would cover the pattern in the fabric.
So yeah...it's a possibility. Certainly cheaper than having it reupholstered!

🙂
spray tan!

I've seen a lot of fabric sam...
I've seen a lot of fabric samples in my time, but never, ever, aything like that, its like citrus salad rendered in velvet.

Can one actually custom-order something in a hideous fabric
then "change mind"? That's madness.
Too bad there's not a software program that would allow people to "see" their choice on a piece, prior to upholstering (for those with limited imagination).

Rich drunk people? Paris Hilt...
Rich drunk people? Paris Hilton is probably responsible for most of them.
Thats easy done with 3d modeling, an outfit called turbosquid sell models of most of the 'classics', drop the file into the 3d scene, scan or photograph the fabric or use the suppliers image from their website, apply it to the model, tweak some settings amnd render it.

To Ball - I actually went and checked it out...
...and I didn't buy it. My gut tells me it wasn't real and I'm not enough of a fan of this set to buy a knock-off.
First the table top (under the cover) was a strange laminate layer not solid teak, which seemed wrong. I couldn't resist and I looked under the table. No Frem Rojle or Denmark stamp anywhere and really ugly/shoddy underside construction. Lastly the leaf was missing and, though I am uncertain, I feel like the original has the leaf built into the underside of the table. Do you know?
The whole thing is pretty strange right? Do you think someone made copies of this set?

Vanessa
...I too go on what I feel so I understand your predicament.
I authenticate art as a supplement income and if it doesn't feel or seem right I usually move on, albeit hard to articulate that to a perspective buyer.
Saying that I haven't seen any copies ,nor have I looked, of this setting and presumably it would have to be because of the accuracy to get it 'right'....what a mathematical nightmare this would have been to conceive such a beautiful setting.
No leaf to my knowledge was built into this table and the shoddy underneath could have been because of a replacement top.
Shame though!