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(@retroronayahoo-com)
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27/06/2014 2:39 am  

Need Help Identifying my Plycraft Chair.
Hello All,
Loved reading this feed and have also had difficulty researching my chair. It seems to be a special order or something. Bought if off my neighbor for $50, the ottoman has the paper label and the Plycraft sticker, the chair has only the staples where the paper label was. It's strange since this chair has the wood wrapped in leather!! The arms also are more square on the ends than rounded which I've seen in other images. Also, do not understand the spring and long bolt mechanism underneath, unless its someones attempt to fix it. it swivels and rocks nicely.
Any ideas? I have images and would like to share if I can load them on here. Would appreciate some feedback.
Thanks!!


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Ruffner
(@ruffner)
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Joined: 2026 years ago
Posts: 1
06/11/2015 1:01 am  

I'm repairing and refinishing an imitation Eames Chair. The tag on the bottom states it was made by
C.F.A.
39 So. Canal St. Lawrence Mass.
Lic. No. MASS 598
It is a Pumpkin colored upholstery with a Rosewood finish.
In pretty good shape.


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Dodolah
(@dodolah)
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Joined: 2026 years ago
Posts: 38
06/11/2015 4:59 am  

Correct me if i am wrong. Wasn't Norman Cherner ended up owning plycraft at the end? As far as the thing with George Nelson patent, i assume he was ok with it. After all, he was the one who recommended Cherner to Plycraft to fix the breakage issue and costly manufacturing of his pretzel chair. Back then, the whole ethics behind who gets the name on the patent thing is murky. George himself sometimes attributed his name to someone else's design. He believed whoever own the design company should be the one named the designer. And, it is up to Nelson (in his company case) if he wanted to attribute the actual designer to the product he/ she designed.
This is true to the case of Irving Harper's clock designs. Nelson never gave Harper a proper credit.


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NULL NULL
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06/11/2015 5:53 am  

No, Cherner never owned Plycraft.


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