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08/05/2007 10:20 pm  

A friend of mine has 3 chairs for sale and says they are Poul Kjaerholm chairs. He is very knowledgeable. They are polished aluminum and look like a Barcelona chair. There is a top and bottom half for the legs and they connect, via allen bolts, where the Barcelona chair legs cross. There are four spreaders for each chair that support the cushion straps (al la Barcelona). These chairs frames look almost exactly like the Barcelona and I have not been able to find a similar chair to confirm it's designer/maker. Does anyone out there have any info?


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08/05/2007 11:15 pm  

Is this the chair in DA
Design Addict has a listing. Check it out
http://www.designaddict.com/design_index/index.cfm/fuseaction/showjumbo/...


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08/05/2007 11:26 pm  

Not the PK22
Without a picture people tell me to check out the PK22 but I'm telling you it looks like a Barcelona...Can't imagine Kjaerholm "copying" it's design...


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09/05/2007 12:54 am  

PK25?
The base of the PK25 is reminiscent of the Barcelona....?


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09/05/2007 2:28 am  

Dear Shepco
I think it is fair to say that there is no public record of such a chair. I went all the way back to the Bremen exhibition of 1965, Special issues of Mobilia on Poul Kjaerholm, Arkitektens Vorlag (Christoffer Harlang et al.)'s book on Kjaerholm and finally Bruun Rasmussen's auction catalogue on Kjaerholm (a gift of m_andersen)....and my own memory...A source I do not have is the catalogue on the recent Poul Kjaerholm exhibition in Louisiana Museum in Humblebeck.
In spite of all of that I would not be willing to exclude it completely. Paul Kjaerhiolm loved to take an existing chair as the starting point for the development of another. His steel tubing variation (PK 15 or the more unusual EKC-12 in the Oda collection) of the Thonet is one. The foldable PK-91 as a variation in steel on the wooden nr 8783 (1927) chair of Kaare Klint is another as well as the EKC-13 which is clearly inspired by L.v.d.Rohe's variation on the cantilever chair. His laminated chair of 1952 is certainly influenced by Eames and Hans Wegner's 1963 chair was influenced of both. It would still surprise me that 1- there would be an un-known design of Poul Kjaerholm. 2- that it would be that close.


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09/05/2007 2:51 am  

Koen
Thank you so much for taking the time to research this for me. I am going to try to look at a cushion and strap that were saved this weekend. I'll let you know if I come up with anything new. Again, thanks.


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09/05/2007 3:03 am  

Just give me a picture or...
Just give me a picture or draw some simple black lines of the chair in profile - and I'll find it 🙂


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09/05/2007 6:01 am  

M_Anderson
Will do. I just scanned a drawing to .pdf but do not know how to get it to a URL. Don't suppose I can e-mail to you?


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09/05/2007 8:40 am  

E-mail it tocontact@designaddict.com and Patrick will do it for you....please ask him very kindly...


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09/05/2007 8:31 pm  

can't you take a photo?
can't you take a photo?


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09/05/2007 9:33 pm  

Photo
I may be able to get one on Sunday...Don't want to step on anyone's toes though...


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09/05/2007 9:34 pm  

Drawing is on the way
I have sent a .pdf for posting. Hope it helps.
Here it is:


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10/05/2007 12:48 am  

aluminium?
Are you sure it's aluminium?
Otherwise, based on your drawing, guesses would be the Ari chair by Norell or one by Preben Fabricius.
But if it is aluminium, won't be any of those and certainly not PK.


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10/05/2007 1:24 am  

Huh...
You know what...In retrospect, I carried most of the pieces to the parking lot to check out and they were relatively heavy. Plus I don't think aluminum would take the stresses involved. Must be stainless. Thanks


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10/05/2007 3:02 am  

Yeah, from your sketh, I'll...
Yeah, from your sketh, I'll put my money on Norell's Ari chair too.


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