Hey guys, the woman whose shop I help with has a few more pieces we are trying to identify. There are a two chairs and a rocker.
The first is an extremely comfortable sling chair and it's ottoman. It's my fave of the three.
The second is a side chair...there are a set of these chairs. I believe I've seen these before, but I can't recall where who who made them.
The last is the rocker
these similar chairs are on...
these similar chairs are on Caig's list and Ebay right now
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/fur/681779552.html
Those yellow chairs are Burke
Burke knock-offs of Richard Schultz stacking chairs for Knoll.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290224293828
The sling chair...
...and ottoman are very similar to some sling chairs that we bought in 1980 at Macy's. They were really comfortable in the store but not so much when we got them home, for some reason. The tubular chrome frame and exposed screw heads on the ottoman frame were identical. Ours had tufted cotton duck slings that were quite thickly padded.
BJ: the chrome/leather/black chair...
BJ: the chrome/leather/black "machine-look" chair is a 1950s design by Katavolos, Littel, and Kelley. You'll see a three-legged "T" version in the book "Mid Century Modern" by Cara Greenberg, p. 70. The arms and frame members are cast aluminum, powder-coated (or lacquered?) black. I'll post a picture when I get back to my desk.
They are the rare original Schultz stacking chairs!
The Schultz stacking chair did make it into production at Knoll for a short time, but with solid fiberglass seats. The present lot was created using sisal fiber for the seat and an experimental foam and glue bonding process resulting in the discoloration in the seat. While the split seat seen in the prototype was key to Schultz's original design, it proved to be difficult to upholster and was changed to a solid seat.
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