The Last Thing You Acquired #36  

Hans Wegner J16 rocking chair. Kind of hoping this one doesn't sell.

Lovely rocker but it's not a Wegner J16.  

While it is very common to see that Tarm Stole rocking chair attributed to Wegner, I do not believe there is any evidence it was designed by him.

The Stole chair seems to have one advantage over Wegner's:  a lumbar-supporting bulge to the lower back staves.  In my (growing) experience, the final step toward real back comfort is a definite release of that shape, an absence of material below the lumbar region.  So, with a pillow strategically placed at the lumbar region, the Wegner chair could regain and surpass the comfort of the stole model.

I always use a pillow with my Wegner rocker.  The thing I like most about the chair is the tall, slightly fanned back with 8 skinny spindles.  Every time I look at it I get a little thrill.  
(I just found a couple of brand new firm, feather-filled lumbar pillows at the thrift shop today.  Now I get to pick out a beautiful fabric from my stash and whip up a cover for one them!  woo!)

Interesting - thanks for the clarification! It's awesome regardless - I guess I have to change my listing to "attributed"!
 
Wegner did do some work for Stole, correct? The ACTUAL J16 rocker was produced by them first?

Florence Knoll credenza.  The leather pulls are a very nice touch.  That should be done more.

Very nice Leif, had you been looking for a Florence Knoll credenza, or did it just come up and the price was right?

Regarding the Tarm Stole rocking chair, there was also a sofa and lounge chair made by Tarm in the same arm style, although they are less commonly seen here in the USA than the rocking chair.  I had a picture of one of the lounge chairs someplace, but can't find it.
Tarm was the first producer of the J16, according to the PP Mobler website, starting production in 1944.

Wasn't looking for Knoll credenza at all.  It was free on the curb.  So 'acquired' is perhaps not an apt statement. I think I will just be a caretaker for a bit..  But I really like the leather handles.

tchp, I had two Thailand-made knockoffs of the Tarn lounge chair awhile back.  I am pretty sure they were originally purchased at the Scan store chain. (They sold genuine Scandiavian furniture for a long time, then teak furniture made in Thailand plus other bland contemporary stuff.  Finally they closed their doors for good.)
The funny this is that I consigned one of my chairs to a shop that happened to have one of the real ones on the floor.  It was interesting to compare the two.  My fake one was actually very nice in quality but there were some obvious cut corners.  I still have the other one somewhere--it has a weird, ugly, tinted lacquer finish.  I started to strip it off and there was real teak under it but i have a feeling some parts may be a different species of wood.  It was different than the other fake one, oddly enough---i mean, slightly different style slats and posts, but very clearly a copy of the Tarn chair.  

Good Scandinavian furniture seems to have inherited whatever it was that Arts & Crafts wood furniture stood for.  It's closer than any other modern style, I mean . . .

Today I got a Sonna Rosen "Sun Feather" chair. It was not exactly "free on the curb", but the price was not too bad.  It just needs some new seat fabric/foam. 

TCHP - you continue to amaze me with your pick ups.  I admire your tenacity (best word I could think of).

Thanks.  I am afraid that most people around me think of it not so much as tenacity, but as "a problem".  I plan to keep soldiering on however.