The Last Thing That You Acquired #43  

Robin Ray - that Jacobsen is swell. Not a design and configuration of his I see too often.
Minimoma et al. - love the Braun stuff. This reminds me I lent out a Braun juicer last year and never got it back...
Picked up a few things lately, including a George Nelson pendulum clock and a sculpture of a woman by an unknown artist. (Could help but share the woman - I am very found of her.)

I like your sculpture, teakhound. waffle, those bad boy's just pee. love 'em.
Best,
Aunt Mark

Discarded and found just a few days ago, a 1971 plastic perpetual calendar by Giorgio Della Beffa for Euroway, Turin Italy. It was originally a disposable novelty pop item sold at the MoMA store in the 1970's and reissued in 2000 as a limited edition item. Available in Italian and English and offered in various colors.

A little while ago I got this pair of #48 chairs. These are my first Niels Vodder pieces. I traded a number of other items I had stored in the garage for them. Being a Danish furniture hoarder finally paid off.

Very nice, tchp.
Juhl/Vodder is #1 on my most wanted treasure hunting list. I always figured the #48 will be the most likely chair, but I'd certainly take a 45 or Chieftain if they presented themselves outside of top-end retail pricing.

Thanks, cdsilva,
I agree that the odds of a 48 presenting itself are quite a bit better than a 45 or a Chieftain.

minimoma,
Good find, good save. I am happy for you.

I need a karate chop over my skull...probably.
Hi.
I went to an estate sale last month ( fabulous crusty old ocean front John Volk designed big home for old money) and started to feel a shiver of vintage elegance enter my line of myopic tunnel vision...and bought a "piss elegant" bird planter for wayyyy tooooooo muchhhhhh $$$$$$$. So this morning I bought a couple of orchids and made it look like something out of Veranda Magazine (gasp). Every home need a splash of elegance (fact*)....even Eameshead's.
Best,
Aunt Mark
*I heard it on Hollywood Squares.
ps I bought a frog planter, too.
pss don't forget to feed the birds.

and here is my new frog (same estate sale). Every home should have a frog. Yup.
Best,
Aunt Tacky

Brought home my first danish chord project yesterday. Not 100% sure about the authenticity, but it is stamped "4" and has a random pencil mark back there. It measures 28" tall (1/2-1" shorter than other dimensions I've seen online for the older ones). Otherwise the dimensions and proportions seem to check out. One detail that looks slightly different is the radius in the gap of the wishbone - this one seems slightly smaller than other photos, but it's hard to tell.
It looks like it has a teak stain on it, or teak oil turned it red, but for oak it's very reddish. This stuff rubs off relatively easily with #0000 steel wool, so I'm taking it easy but want to clean it up.
Now it's in pieces so I can redo the sloppy repairs and get the joints tight again. I'd read that Carl Hansen used clear wood, but parts of this chair are very knotty, which I like because the figure looks great.
A heat gun works well to help soften the glue and get the joints apart.

The wishbone's color is probably fumed oak.

and I had an extra orchid, so I plugged it into a Bjorn Winblatt planter..and placed it bedside. Every home should have a bed.
Best,
Aunt Mark

I have a few early CH chairs (CH-23 and CH-30), and there are some knots that I unexpectedly found on the back sides of the framing. I guess it must have been more common back then.The knots don't bother me either.

How exciting, new paper cord weaving blood! (haha)
The first thing you should do is to watch Caleb James' 6 youtube videos on how to do this seat, and the second thing you should do is read the two threads on paper cord weaving on this forum. The third thing you should do is watch the videos again. Etc.
This weave has a few little tricks to it that are essential to getting a stable seat but that discussion is better off in that other thread. I think Caleb covers them but I think some detail photos are in order. I am doing a set of four of these now so will try to remember to snap some snappies along the way.
PS, i redid some other Wegner oak chairs awhile back and got that strange red color coming off with the oil and steel wool. I never did figure out what it was.

OH WAIT...if the cord isn't worn out, why not try cleaning it with soap flakes? You might actually be able to get rid of that stain or minimize it to where it doesn't bother you. It's not likely that your first weaving project will turn out anywhere near as perfect as the original. I can do perfect Moller chair weaves in my sleep but this one is more of a challenge.