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18/08/2013 12:13 am  

Hi everyone!
First time poster on this forum 🙂
I'm looking at two Wassily chairs, but have some questions about the authenticity.
Was the Wassily Chair every produced in gray leather? Can a gray leather example be an original wassily chair?
Thanks for your input!
Tom


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18/08/2013 12:23 am  

Yes...
and yes. Post a picture of the end of the tubes, and the hex bolts. There are alot of knock-off Wassily chairs produced.
Best,
Mark


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18/08/2013 2:24 am  

Thank you for the fast...
Thank you for the fast response!
Here are some pictures, they aren't that good because they are the seller's pictures:


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18/08/2013 2:30 am  

Tried it...
Tried it differently, please follow this link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/100924052518732176206/17Augustus2013?authke...


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18/08/2013 2:35 am  

It could be from Knoll.
The pictures aren't very clear...especially of how the ends of the chrome tubes are finished...plus a picture of the hex bolts. Ask the seller for 2 more pictures.
Best,
Mark


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18/08/2013 9:12 pm  

Not the OP's Chair
But Mark or anyone,
Can a maker be identified with just this picture? Terrible photo, I know. Chair is in storage for some time. It's dark there so had to use a flash. I never thought it was Knoll but don't know for sure who made it.
(if this takes too much away from t.isomo thread, just delete my post)


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18/08/2013 9:16 pm  

It looks like a Knoll product, cubster.
The end caps are correct, and the hex bolts look good.
Best,
Mark


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18/08/2013 9:52 pm  

Thank you Mark. Was there...
Thank you Mark. Was there identifiable differences between Gavina and Knoll when Knoll started producing? Yes, I searched for this but didn't turn up much information on the web.


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18/08/2013 10:02 pm  

I don't know the answer to that, cubby.
sorry.
Best,
Mark


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Kikina
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17/09/2013 6:38 am  

Wassily chair pictures
I bought this Wassily chair in 1993 at an antique shop in Massachusetts. Just wondering if its a knock off.
Can somebody tell me if this is the real thing?


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17/09/2013 4:42 pm  

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It's a knock-off, Kikina...or at least it wasn't produced by Knoll (if that is your question).
Best,
Mark


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17/09/2013 6:57 pm  

We also just bought a...
We also just bought a Wassily.
It has no signatures, but you can still see parts of the glue from a sticker at the tube at the back and under the leatherseat.
The first owner told me, that he thinks, he had bought it around 1970.
Is it correct, that it than could be a Knoll ,where there was a Gavina sticker at the tube, and a Knoll sticker under the seat? No numbers or Breuer signature anywhere.
The hex bolts are more black at my chair, not so silver.
The tube at the bottom, where it is put together has two hex bolt skrews in it.


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17/09/2013 7:11 pm  

Looks to be a Knoll product, maggy.
yep.
Aunt Mark
ps this is probably the most uncomfortable...yet elegant chair in Knoll's collection (or so I think..but I probably don't think enough).


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18/09/2013 12:28 am  

I don't find the Wassily uncomfortable.
Nowhere near as uncomfortable as the Barcelona, anyway.
What's interesting to me about the Wassilys is that no one (Mark excepted, I guess) keeps them. I tried unsuccessfully in five different houses to find a good place for my chairs before finally just giving them away, and I've heard similar stories from a surprisingly large number of other people.


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