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15/08/2013 3:42 am  

Does anyone have leads on where I can get information on mid-century Japanese scandinavian-inspired furniture? We purchased a table/chairs/sideboard that are labeled with Japanese writing but look very Scandinavian. I find the sideboard to be perfectly proportioned and clean in appearance. I'll get a couple photos when I get home, was hoping someone could either identify the furniture or point us in the right direction because there seems to be little information online. Here's a photo of the marking, I'll post a link additionally:
http://imgur.com/6hSOsUs


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15/08/2013 5:16 am  

Perhaps that's a
shipping company label ? I like the picture of a boat.
I suggest that no one (including me) should try to determine the message on a foreign-language document without having a translation at hand. Could save a lot of head-scratching . . . ?


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15/08/2013 5:18 am  

(edited because my stupid remark had nothing to do with proper design.) Drinks anyone?
Aunt Mark


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15/08/2013 10:18 pm  

Here's additional photos....
Here's additional photos. Any ideas what this may be or where I might look for info?


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16/08/2013 10:10 am  

I'm pretty sure the label in...
I'm pretty sure the label in the top post link relates only to the lumber or plywood used in construction. JAS stands for Japanese Agricultural Standards. Something like USDA in the USA. JAS stickers, stamps and labels would be on agricultural products that pass standards but also on imported lumber to notate various quality of the goods.


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16/08/2013 11:13 am  

Ah, so it is. I can't find...
Ah, so it is. I can't find any info about JAS that may give an indication as to the age (when was the JAS formed?). Posting to a translation site to see if someone can translate.
Also, the table has a leaf that rotates up from underneath the table once the two ends of the table are separated. Based on this lousy description, is there a term for this type of mechanism? Thanks


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16/08/2013 11:14 am  

I think that's called
a butterfly leaf or table


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16/08/2013 11:15 am  

Here's another
So it isn't sui generis.
There were japanese made knock offs of say Wegner rocking chairs. But since this isn't a knock off, I am not sure what to make of it.
Good luck!
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/sideboards/japanese...


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16/08/2013 12:00 pm  

Wow, that's it. How in the...
Wow, that's it. How in the world did you locate a match online?


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16/08/2013 12:45 pm  

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It's just a water proof mark for the plywood.


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17/08/2013 4:18 am  

Yes, apparently it says...
Yes, apparently it says "Eidai Co. Ltd, Plywood Inspection Corporation" "high-grade water resistent plywood type2".


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17/08/2013 4:41 am  

I used the force, Luke
To google something like "japanese teak sideboard"


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17/08/2013 4:46 am  

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I imagine that if you dig through miles of images of teak furniture you can find more case pieces with those handles. Never seen them before, and one will either be marked, or somebody will have the story of where it came from with a name to go along with the story. You will probably find a variety of other furniture by the same maker too. And then you will have more things to search for. The chair is also quite recognizable, so you might find it too.


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17/08/2013 4:49 am  

Here's another
The chair this time.
http://www.totalestateliquidation.com/events/52-tel-estate-sale-111-year...


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17/08/2013 5:23 am  

Weird, I left out "teak"...
Weird, I left out "teak" from search criteria and scrolled thru pages of images and found nothing. Thanks, though.


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