Robin Day Ernest Race Ercol Style Chair ID

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Robert Leach

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23/03/2011 4:07 pm

A rare ID request from me, but not looking for a value or to sell 😉
Picked up this 1950s beech side/ dining chair this morning.
It has a real look of Robin Day's early 50s stuff, and is also reminiscent of the Ercol butterfly chair.
Anybody any idea at all?
I'm stumped.

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whitespike

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23/03/2011 4:44 pm

Sorry I can't help - but...
Sorry I can't help - but both chairs pictured are stellar. What's the armchair?

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Robert Leach

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23/03/2011 5:13 pm

Another Mystery!
It was bought from an elderly widow whose husband bought it in the early 50s. He always called it his 'Ernest Race chair' but I can't find any proof of it being by him (or a similar chair by anybody else)
The legs and glides, however, appear identical to the Race metal framed armchairs (Heron, Flamingo)

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23/03/2011 8:53 pm

great chair, robert.
great chair, robert.

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23/03/2011 9:01 pm

just guessing
the form, tone and legs for some reason say American to me.
looks comfy

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Robert Leach

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23/03/2011 9:03 pm

I'm pretty sure
It's British (I'm in the UK)..the beech looks just like Ercol/ Day of the period, and the brass ferrules and hardware are typical of the period for UK

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