check out these chairs  

Hmmm... I wouldn't say beauti...
Hmmm... I wouldn't say beautiful, but that's me.

Not my speed either...
whitespike, you and I should design a space together, we have the same instincts...bet you are gonna have THE coolest baby's room ever!

First time I see these. Not...
First time I see these. Not sure about beautiful, but certainly an interesting mix of styles. Thanks for sharing.

I must be an oddball. I can s...
I must be an oddball. I can see the beauty in many styles. And it is not dependent on whether they would ever be in my living room. I thought they were outstanding deco/ moderne transitional chairs, and well worth a look.

Well, it's not the materials...
Well, it's not the materials for sure. There are several chairs in that basic formula that have a certain quality about them. It's the design itself - not the style IMO. That's just me.

It's mainly the base
The weird bend on the base's bottom. It's really throwing me off.
And thank you Olive. I have seen pics of your house. You squash me with your interior design talents to be honest.

they are not my style
they are not my style

When they were new
When evaluating a work of art from the past, I keep in mind that I'm usually looking at something that's been imitated countless times, and those imitations are a kind of filter through which I may be seeing the piece.
These chairs must have been mind-blowing when original. I have the sense that I've seen them before. What I've seen is cheap knock-offs. I have to look more closely at these, appreciate the context, and in that I find them quite beautiful. Groundbreaking. I wouldn't want them in my home, but they're undeniably amazing for their time.
I wish I could see things without this filter. I wish I could hear 'Revolution' and never think of Nike. I wish I could see a van Gogh and have it strike me as completely fresh, new and shocking as his works must have struck people in the 19th Century. These things are still amazingly beautiful to me, but I hear and see them through this damned filter.

Good point. But,...
Good point. But, unfortunately, it would be impossible. I always wish i could hear the Beatles for the first time again.

Brent, very well put. I wish...
Brent, very well put. I wish that too.

I hear Brent, it can be painf...
I hear Brent, it can be painful. Not so much for furniture because thats allways fresh for me but in the last couple of years I've done a bit of video editing work and cgi and read up on special effects and now I just can't switch off in the cinema and enjoy what I'm watching.
I'm looking at stapler and pair of scissors right now and trying look at them in the abstract, just as forms, the way most people would look at arabic text. Its interesting.