The Last Thing You Acquired #23 (Michael Jordan edition)  

Thanks, Mark. This one is...
Thanks, Mark. This one is Walnut. Normally I like things more vintage, but this piece, although from CL, is literally in brand new condition, and I just love everything about it, from the flawless glass to the peaceful base.

Sturdy little Irish stool from Craigslist
I got this little stool in a CL deal as a side item to the main thing. Even though I had more pressing stuff to do, I stripped off the woven hemp twine seat right away (it stunk) and cleaned up the wood. I had looked for a mark but couldn't find anything, but just as I was about to swipe the underside of the last rung with steel wool and oil, I spotted it: Made in Ireland. This is a first for me!
Anyway, it's got a visible dowel at each joint. The wood looks like dark old teak but could very well be something else. Probably is something else.
The legs are splayed a very little bit. The seat is only 12" across. I know it has more of a Craftsman look than MCM but I think it'll go well with MCM. I will probably weave a new seat of paper cord in a rush pattern. But maybe seagrass would be fun to do...

Any one know who made this?
Found this on Craigslist for $10.

Rocking Chair
I love teak and cane. Makes my knees go weak. And Craigslist; I love craigslist.
Anyway, Hans Olsen for Brdr. Juul Kristensen.

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Nice, cane looks good, wasn't there a non-rocking version of that one? Very upright, reminds me of that American Gothic painting.
This should come in about 1/2 an hour, viagra for tool tragics.

a weird pair of lounge chairs
picked these up yesterday.
They are MASSIVE. Not sure the pic shows that. Nothing delicate about them. Nice old teak. No markings that I have found.
QUESTION - Did the Danish ever use the twisted metal seat supports or was that primarily an American thing? I think the later, right?

waffle:
Are you dead certain it is teak? Could it be bleached walnut? Photos lie to me quite frequently, but it veers towards the bleached walnut side of the spectrum for me. And bleached walnut would be so much more likely for what is likely and American chair.
It reminds me of these Edmund Spence for Urban-Aire chairs that straylight just documented. It isn't one of the ones in the advertisement, but if Edmund Spence designed a subsequent chair for them I would have no trouble believe yours is it.
http://paulmccobb.blogspot.com/

chandelier
I had no idea who made it but it gives a pleasant soft light. hanging soon in the living room. Just been told it is made by PierOne... For real.

you know...
I was just looking at it and thinking to myself that it probably isn't teak.
I have never seen another chair quite like it. IT reminds me of a 30's luxury car, like a bugatti or somesuch. Low and BIG.
I'll check out your leads. I reaaaallllly think they are American.

Waffle: I have one of the Edm...
Waffle: I have one of the Edmund Spence's and it is massive. The timbers are maybe 2 inches thick. It is practically cut out of walnut 2x4s or 2x6s. There are some very distinctive characteristics of the construction I can photograph for you if you want to compare to yours. The seat is different though. But I am not sure the seat on mine is even original.

leif
that would be awesome. They sound like cousins. Yes, the arms are probably 2" thick. I would guess the chair weighs > 20 lbs. If you would instead like better pics of these 2 I can do that also.

from the previous owner
"My uncle says he had them sent over from Hawaii aprox 1958 or 59. They are Phillipine Mahogany"
HUM

One painting, one drawing
from local artist Barron Storey. They look nicer in person than in these terrible (even for me) snapshots.
[EDIT: Replaced crappy cellphone snapshots with nicer photos.]

Hawaii does have some...
Hawaii does have some strange furniture. And some of it is custom made because nobody retailed what the customer wanted there. So they took a catalog down to the nearest woodworker and had it made.
Walnut is pretty easy to recognize by smell. Find a piece of Black walnut and drill a hole in it. You will notice a strong , easily identified scent. Then drill a little hole in the bottom of one of the legs, and check for the scent.
I measured the Edmund Spence. The thickest solid piece of timer is the side rail at the back. It measure 1.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches tall.
The front and rear posts have another piece of walnut glued onto them where they meet the rails, with a curve cut in it. This curve was barely sanded and was cut an eighth inch bigger than the rail. Normally it would be cut large and then sanded smooth to curve into the rail.
And the oddest part is the seat undercarriage. It was made from reclaimed, unsanded and incompletely planed oak. It is so "reclaimed" it still has a random hole drilled in it where one of the corner pegs is visible. So you know the hole was there before the frame was built. Then rubber strap was very sloppily stapled. And blocks were very sloppily glued onto the frame to hold the undercarriage. It might be a frame that went inside an zippered box cushion. Which could explain the rustic look. (Upholstery was never stapled to it; so it would have had to slip inside).

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I like those. How big are they?