Congratulations on a great chair
I have seen this chair, but I cannot recall the context off the top of my head. Does it have any stamps or markings on it anywhere?
I know various materials have been attempted over the years, and in fact the original Wassily prototype was not leather, but actually used a wire mesh fabric for the straps and seat.
I'll look into it- I'm interested to know the answer here as well.
Clear nylon spaghetti string strap Wassily
I have attempted a little online research (which I assume you have also done yourself), and have had difficulty in learning anything about this particular Wassily. Mostly, I'm posting to bump this thread, so that it stays on the radar. I'm interested in knowing the story of this animal. I know have seen them.
Ah, I think I recall where now. There is a furniture store here in the city called Lee's Designer Showroom. They carry modern and contemporary furniture, but one catch is, the owner is very anti-fur, anti-leather, PETA type, maybe a vegan, and won't sell any products with animal hide of any kind. The store ocassionally carries either fabric or synthetic versions of Bauhaus and other classic pieces that are normally available only in leather. I'm pretty sure that this is where I saw this chair of yours.
It has the clear nylon spaghetti strings pulled together in rows to replace all the leather components of the chair. Yes, this must have been where I saw it.
Here is their website: http://www.leesstudio.com/
They do not list any Wassily chairs on their website at this moment.
You could call them here-
(212) 581-4400
Play to their agenda- tell them you're an animal rights activist, that you have heard of this unique Wassily that no animals were slaughtered to produce. It has these clear stringy plastic straps, and do they know who makes it? I bet they will help you out.
Best of luck.
vinyl wassily
I have been searching the web, trying to find info on identifying a pair of Wassily chairs I have found in South America, they seem to be correct, but I do not think that they are knoll.
They have numbers on the base, where the tubes join, either side of the two slot head screws, one has the number 6 twice, the other chair a single 8.
They are slung with a vinyl, which I presume was a replacement, because, the chairs look right, they have some age and enough wear to be at least 60's, if not earlier, the tube is fine, not heavy and they have allen type fastners on the joints.
I don't know the original measurements, but they just look correct, even with the vinyl...
Any ideas?
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