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dis_con_nect
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09/11/2011 9:17 pm  

I purchased this chair years ago and have never been able to ID it. I was hoping someone here could help.

The chair breaks down into several pieces using a screw and post method, as seen in the pictures. There isn't a stamped or pressed marking on it. Although I am not sure what kind of wood it is, it's made out of solid wood, no veneer at all. It is very sturdy when assembled, yet still very light.

http://s1091.photobucket.com/albums/i390/dis_con_nect/Danish%20Modern%20Chair/
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jesgord
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09/11/2011 9:30 pm  

I found an almost identical...
I found an almost identical "knock down" chair like that a few years ago. It was marked "made in italy"


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birds&stuff
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09/11/2011 9:45 pm  

I have a chair made by DUX th...
I have a chair made by DUX that breaks appart in a very similar fashion. I did a search and found other armless chairs that also broke appart...Im sure lots of lounges do but perhaps this might help with your research?
The wood looks like it could be teak to me but i could be very wrong.


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09/11/2011 10:10 pm  

I've come across various...
I've come across various chairs that broke down similarly.
Many of them were designed/imported by DUX, but your chair does not look like any DUX chair I'm aware of.
Also, that does not look like Teak at all.
It looks like some kind of Maple.
Good luck!


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mdcounts
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09/11/2011 10:56 pm  

looks like a copy of a...
looks like a copy of a Kofod-Larsen design for Selig


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10/11/2011 12:57 am  

I don't know who made it but...
I don't know who made it but that replacement "webbing" is hurting my brain.


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danielmpoole
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10/11/2011 1:32 am  

The fixings and some of the features
Look very similar to a 60's Cintique chair I have, which also dismantles. Unfortunately a web search only brings up their more recent chairs, but it could be lead? Cintique are a British company, although my chair had a made in Czechoslovakia stamp on it, so there may have been a factory out there in the 60's producing similar products.


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Robert Leach
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10/11/2011 1:37 am  

Cintique
chairs were made in Andrews Road London E8 England, and would likely have been teak, beech or possibly elm.
That chair looks, as someone has said, like Maple, and looks possibly Czech or Italian to me?
(or possibly American, did US furniture makers use maple?)


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danielmpoole
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10/11/2011 1:56 am  

That's what I found conflicting Robert
My chair had a Cintique sticker, but underneath it, the frame was stamped 'Czechoslovakia'. Maybe they outsourced at one point?


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Robert Leach
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10/11/2011 2:25 pm  

That is odd!
I remember they're Hackney factory (not far from Archie Shine's) and the company, even now, boast of British manufacture.
Yes, guess they must have outsourced some manufacturing at some point...
(niceguy, I'm personally not interested enough to write to them or call them)
http://www.cintique.co.uk/aboutus.htm


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danielmpoole
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10/11/2011 2:44 pm  

I recently picked up
an Arthur Edwards chair for John Hogg Co, an Irish company. It won the first Irish Industrial Design Award in the 60's. Have you ever heard of Arthur Edwards?
I'll post up some pics and all the info soon, just in case anyone is interested in Irish mid century furniture!


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Robert Leach
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10/11/2011 2:46 pm  

That was a lovely chair..........
I forgot to put a snipe on it 😉


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10/11/2011 2:47 pm  

Interested yes, Ireland must ...
Interested yes, Ireland must have had lower production costs at one time, Olivetti and Salter and Braun all manufactured there at one time or another I think?


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danielmpoole
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10/11/2011 2:47 pm  

Hopefully I've done it justice.
It was also 5 minutes down the road from me 🙂


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