ID on a Danish(?) Modern Wood Rocking Chair

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blankenship

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03/03/2013 6:06 am

I can usually find this stuff with a decent evening of Google image searching, but I'm stumped on this rocker I picked up today. No markings/logos anywhere.
? Cushions (kind of a folksy Scandinavian pattern)
? Rubber webbing under the seat cushion
? Spindles
? Back brace across the spindles
? Wood "button" covering the screw holes for the back brace
? Harsh back angles on the rockers
? Curved arms (thin, slight)
Any thoughts?

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SDR

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03/03/2013 10:39 pm

The details
you enumerate, supported by the photo, place this at the low end of the Scandinavian ladder -- i.e., inexpensive mass-production piece. But charming, nevertheless. If it's comfortable, all is forgiven; come home to Papa . . .

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HPau

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04/03/2013 1:52 am

Interesting though that there...
Interesting though that there is still more labour intensive machining and a handwork in that chair than middle range wooden chairs produced today, economics or styling? Or is one influencing the other?

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04/03/2013 7:16 am

I can see why
you might think so -- but if that's really a production piece, every part was shaped by a machine, even that complex arm. There was 3-axis copy routing a century ago . . . !

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HPau

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04/03/2013 9:51 am

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Agreed but even so I think theres much more work in the assembly alone.
Theres just too much wasteful complexity there to no good purpose for my tastes, whilst there are regretable aspects of contemporary design we've come a long way from this.

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