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tchp
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11/06/2009 4:51 am  

I got this set of four side shells with stacking bases for $150 off of Craigslist. The chairs are in nice shape, glossy with no cracks, dings. I will need to find replacement feet for all four though. Three have embossed HM logos and paper tags, and one has just a paper HM tag with no other logo on the shell, and is also just ever so slightly a different color than the other three, but it will not bother me, since it is hardly noticeable. They are kind of a tan color.

I was wondering if the one with no logo might be early, from the 50's?

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Tulipman
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11/06/2009 7:21 am  

Congrats-welcome to our addiction!
I think that color may be "Greige",a grayish Beige or Taupe color.


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11/06/2009 7:25 am  

Yeah
Looks like Greige. Replacement glides can be found on eBay for pretty cheap. Have fun getting them on!


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11/06/2009 7:35 am  

Thanks, yes, I did find the t...
Thanks, yes, I did find the thread about drilling the feet out, or otherwise pounding them further up the leg so the new ones can be put on. Sounds fun. Next stop, shell armchair.


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11/06/2009 10:20 am  

shock mount spacing
you might want to include a photo of the underside of the chairs so we can see the spacing of the shock mounts. there is a chance if they are spaced properly you can ditch those less desirable tacking bases and attach H bases or eiffels.


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11/06/2009 10:59 am  

Thanks. This is the what...
Thanks. This is the what the bottom of the chairs looks like. I might be interested in using some different bases.


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11/06/2009 6:48 pm  

Keep em
There are rocker and dowel bases available, if you want, but I think you should keep these. They look pretty shiny anyway...


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11/06/2009 10:44 pm  

wrong spacing
the mounts have the wrong spacing for anything but the stacking bases....


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11/06/2009 10:52 pm  

You can get reproductions
Rocker and dowel... they are out there.


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12/06/2009 12:05 am  

Keep the vintage
I'm sooo tired of the Eiffel/Dowel bases. They are like a trendy color...it's fun at first, but then you see it everywhere, on everything, and you start missing the good old simple colors.
I've had a few chairs come through my hands that don't have labels or embossing. It's my understanding that different time periods had different embossings done. The earliest ones had none. I've seen them mixed up in sets before too, usually if someone got a set they would grab from the stock at hand, attach the bases, and ship them out.


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12/06/2009 1:25 am  

Thanks for all the...
Thanks for all the information. I think that the chairs will probably actually be most useful to me if I can stack them. I already have a set of six Moller 71 dining chairs, and the house is kind of small, but I have a sort of studio/workspace where a stack of chairs could be useful. Everything I find on Craigslist either ends up in my house, or sold so I can fund some other piece (the four Folke Palsson chairs I got recently for $40 funded 50% of the six Moller chairs). If I end up parting with these, it would probably be to help purchase a really nice armshell.


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