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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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04/10/2016 5:17 pm  

Bring your guesses. These chairs are seen in the USA marked by Moreddi, and it is possible to ind them outside the USA too. The answer is not famous, not at all, but not absolutely unknown either. The documentation has been out there since 1963, though.
Take a wild guess!


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modernefamilie
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04/10/2016 9:52 pm  

I think Moreddi imported some randers mobelfabrik pieces, so Harry Ostergaard or Kurt Ostervig?
Edit: Found it!
EA and PP - for those who want to try their hands at detective work...


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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05/10/2016 1:20 am  

Yes, Randers Møbelfabrik was the maker. That answer is actually right in front of you if you can guess that the maker might have been Randers. It is the fact that these were not marked by Randers when imported by Moreddi that makes it hard to get to that point.
I will also add that there is another document that has been in the public record since 1963 that adds a fascinating bit of information, and explains why the chair was not marked by Randers.


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modernefamilie
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05/10/2016 1:42 am  

Yes. You'll notice in my edit above that I found that document and abbreviated the names of the two designers. Interesting that it was 50/50 moreddi and randers...


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libramobler
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05/10/2016 4:45 am  

Ok. How about this coffee and side table (not a pair) marked Moreddi?




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libramobler
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05/10/2016 4:46 am  

Here's the side table...




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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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05/10/2016 5:52 am  

Sorry, all I've got right now is documentation on these dining chairs. If someone wants to go to the Getty in Los Angeles, there is an archive there with Moreddi and Frank Bros. information. Specifically mentioned in the "finding aid" are Moreddi trade catalogs with the furniture.
In this case the designers, Erik Andersen and Palle Pedersen, did not own the copyright to their design. This makes it an in-house design. Moreddi owned half the rights to the design. Randers Møbelfabrik owned the other half of the rights to the design.
Moreddi and Randers could technically advertise themselves as the designers. Or they could use the names EA and PP who drafted the design.
This explains why the Moreddi chairs we see in the USA never had a Randers mark. Moreddi must have commissioned the design as a private label piece that they could have the exclusive rights for.
This is similar to how Poul Jensen and Ib Kofod Larsen patents for Selig chairs show that the designs were being assigned to Selig. And the chairs never came in with a mark for a manufacturer in Denmark (at least sometimes it was Chr. Jensen's Møbelsnedkeri). Selig owned the designs and had exclusive rights to them so no other retailers could those designs.



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