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Domingo
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13/02/2012 1:38 am  

Did some trading over the weekend and ended with some cool projects. Got a Finn Juhl cane chair ,unknown desk and dining table base.
The chair obviously is need of new cane as well as a hold down screw for the back rest. I realized jsut now that this is no ordinary cane like what u use to get out( roll of cane) there but instead it has very thin individual strips of cane woven into the seat frame. I'll seek help on this one and contact a local cane expert here in town. The rest of the chair is very good and sturdy with no break or loose joints.
As for the desk, a very cool and unusual one. i've never seen one like it. No marks as to who made it. Has two small drawers tucked underneath and up front a book shelf. two tone wood combo of teak(top) and oak for the base.
Third item is a dining table base only(no glass). Zebra wood veneer. two long aluminum bars on top.


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HowardMoon
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13/02/2012 1:46 am  

Did the person who sold you these items tell you they were Finn Juhl or have you made this attribution yourself?


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spacepirate1
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13/02/2012 1:55 am  

H.Moon,
perhaps your...
H.Moon,
perhaps your reading comprehension is not very good, but he clearly said that only the chair is a Finn Juhl piece. He happens to be right, I believe they were made for Baker.
The desk is cool, I'd be interested in knowing who designed it as well.


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spacepirate1
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13/02/2012 3:07 am  

tynellbuyer, I informed him...
tynellbuyer, I informed him he was wrong. Hardly belittlement.
The chair is definitely a Finn Juhl design.


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parafo
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13/02/2012 3:49 am  

The upholstered version of...
The upholstered version of the chair is most definitely in the Finn Juhl for Baker brochure


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Domingo
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13/02/2012 4:14 am  

Hope this helps with the...
Hope this helps with the authenticity of the chair. Also, is the screw original to the piece? I would assume they would have used slotted screws.


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glassartist
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13/02/2012 4:35 am  

I have
seen that Juhl in cane like that before. Fairly certain it's the real deal. But the desk is awesome. I too am dying to know what it is. Dining table, perhaps Kagan, but I am unsure about the metal at the base or proportions/ material of the bars.


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Domingo
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13/02/2012 5:05 am  

the metal piece at the base i...
the metal piece at the base is in proportions to the aluminum bars.


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glassartist
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13/02/2012 6:51 am  

Sorry
To clarify I meant that the Kagan ones I have seen did not have that base metal at all. That part looks like a Baughman touch.


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Spanky
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13/02/2012 7:59 am  

Domingo
That kind of caning is hand woven, as opposed to the press-in kind that comes in sheets. It's actually very common in antique chairs but pretty rare in mid-century modern. It's not terribly complicated to do but I never mastered it and I'm pretty good at picking up that stuff. You should have no problem finding someone to do it, though. There are lots of people still doing hand caning.


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13/02/2012 3:04 pm  

wasn't
this desk featured in an earlier post??
I thought I saw this one in another post.


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