Last Thing You Acquired #45  

Hello guys & gals,
I know it has been a while....
1950s Karpen of California lounge chairs....
Found these beauties the other day on Craigslist. Bought them from the son of the original owners. The guys Father had them reupholstered one time during their life but didn't have the wood refinished or the brass sabots & brass accent pieces on the hand rests polished back to life. They are in desperate need of refurbishment, but the bones are all there for her rebirth. The guy/son that owned them had hired a so called professional interior designer who was tearing down walls and refurnishing his house throughout. She told him, these chairs he inherited from his parents weren't worth salvaging and to get rid of them. The owner had no ideal what these chairs were, but I don't think he would of cared even if he did. He just wanted the chairs to be gone. The last picture I posted is of a well cared for Karpen of California chair.
I paid $75 for the pair....
"jdip, Sorry about the miss print"
Peruche

Peruche,
Those are so Pimp! I need those

A Shun! eee! I'm scared of those. (A little. Mostly scared I'd wreck one.)

Gifted these Iittala Aslak glasses and I think I like the box as much as the glasses!

Saw this guy being unloaded in front of the local resale store yesterday on the way home, and the price was too good to pass up. No markings except for a "4" under a seat rail.
Construction looks very American, but I have seen similar arms on Baughman-esque lounge chairs made in Japan. What confuses me a little are the continuous grooves on the front and back seat rails for strap clips. I'm not sure if I've seen that detail on American chairs before. Has anyone here?
Frame is stained hardwood with some type of clear coating on top. Both brass Phillips head screws and steel slotted head screws in the framing. Can be disassembled to flat pieces, but would need to remove wood plugs to do so (no keyhole knockdown construction). Frame and cane in very good condition; reupholstery a bit suspect.

Looked around the house and realized I needed some sculpture. Bought the following items on the Bay. Very happy with them. This is in addition to the curvy metal one I bought previously (above).
1. A small metal lion. Love it. Very Calder-esque to me
2. A homemade wall thingy. Looks great where it is
3. A really lovely abstract thing. Sexy. Mounted on a nice lucite base.
All were cheap. All look good. Mission accomplished.

I keep waiting (impatiently) to find a lounger in a similar way to your score cdsilva, nice looking chair!
Those all look great, good eye waffle!

cdsilva: That lounge chair looks American to me. The close up photo of the backrest shows stained elm. And I've seen similar angled slots for Fagas straps on other American pieces.

Thanks leif. After walnut, oak, birch, and maple, I'm very shaky on IDing the American woods.
And here's an Arne Hovmand Olsen teak side table I picked up today. I found online an AHO cart and desk that have the same raised lip edge detail.

Not vintage but modern, a pile of closet parts shrink wrapped on 2 pallets at the thrift store. I recognized the aluminum shelf brackets from a previous project I worked on.
Ubik Walk-in Closet System by Poliform, not a bad Father's day gift for myself.
Image is a work in progress. Now I have to build a room for it at the miniMoMA master bedroom.

Very excited about my purchase today ... a sweet little Lounger by Thayer Coggin. It is unmarked, but pretty unmistakable as T C. Everything I have seen attributed the design to Milo, but need to find something more official than 1st dibbs. In any case, it is solid teak, missing the original cushions, but beautiful details and work on creating arms that flow into the back-rest, a lot like Wegner. Slung really low, but still pretty darn comfortable. Love the lines of this chair, so I think it will stay with me for a while. Going to sand it a bit and then oil her up. Also going to try to find something a bit more representative of the original cushions. 1st 4 pics are of the find, second 2 of what will be...

I was able to get a confirmed ID for the cane back lounge chair from another site: Lawrence Peabody for Richardson-Nemschoff, part of the Peabody Collection.
This makes more sense now, as I had a pair of Nemschoff armchairs last year that leif thought was made of elm as well. And as they were based in nearby Sheboygan, WI, you find a decent amount of Nemschoff pieces here in Chicago.

Zephyr, I would be pretty surprised if the Thayer Coggin chair is teak. I expect it will prove to be walnut. After 50 years it can bleach a bit and start looking orange-ish, like teak. If you ask Thayer Coggin nicely you might find they are able to provide you with a catalog photo so you can restore the chair to just like it was. And they will confirm for you that it is an MB.

Never thought that I would ever have Witco in my home because it's really not my style, but when I found these gems the other day, I had to make room for them. Large 1970s Witco Polynesian Tiki Girls 60" Tall x 12" Wide x 3" Deep. Love the psychedelic flowered fabric matting. They now reside in a hallway of our home.
Peruche

I just got a set of 4 rosewood Arne Vodder for Sibast dining chairs......I have a plethora of dining chairs.......but I really like these guys!