I have a simple question. A mid century modern store has a particular DKR with a rocker base. The cover of the seat is not bikini, but a thick woven upholstery of some sort and is in pretty bad shape. There are HM tag on the cover shows it's authenticity as well as does the wire spacing throughout. My question is that of the rocker runners. They're red...no, not painted red but that of stained wood of some sort. I don't see anything about runners being stained red.
I don't have a picture YET. I'm trying....and I know most of you won't reply without an image.
Could it be just some crafty individual staining the old runners red or did HM actually produce this?
thanks ahead of time.
I don't usually comment much...
I don't usually comment much on American stuff because I don't know much about it. But.... Even if it looks cool, and even if it looks plausibly original?even if you could prove it was original?won't a (large) portion of the audience shy away from it just because it isn't the classic "look"?
Oily Cattle Body Hair?
Whoa! that's descriptive. The upholstery's threading is really thick like burlap. It's in bad shape though BUT it still looks good for some reason.
I understand that most people stray away from a midcentury modern piece that isn't completely original...I feel that way about a lot of midcentury items. BUT the red stained runners do not look like an after-thought. They really look authentic. I'll have a picture later this evening.
And if I see the same products over and over on Ebay or 1st Dibbs, it's nice to see an alteration. Example: In my dining, I have a couple Bertoia side chairs. The top portions are painted white and the bottom are primary yellow. Not authentic but a breath of fresh air from the over-populated midcentury side chair.
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The discussion was about 1) oily cattle body hair, and 2) red rocker runners.
And whether oily cattle body hair filling might be both charming and disgusting (simultaneously)
And whether the red runners could be authentic.
And even if they were authentic, would a segment of the community shy away from them because they were not "the norm"?
And if the runners are not authentic, is it a breath of fresh air?
Or simply strange?
OH WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Whether these runners end up looking cheesy or not, and whether they are real or just turn out to be "a breath of fresh air".... I am guessing that red aniline dyed runners must have been experimented with at some point along the line. I mean, why wouldn't they? They tried the red on just about every other wood element...
It does sound kind of scary... but then what could be more scary than oily cattle body hair?
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