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29/04/2014 5:28 pm  

It might be possible to find out more about this chair.

please help. I have exhausted all my usual resources and come up clean.

The chairs look similar to hans olsen, nanna ditzel but I already know those.

The frame has a lovely thick embossed MADE IN DENMARK but not much else.

På forhånd tak for hjælpen (thanks in advance)


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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30/04/2014 7:29 am  

I know you have said it is...
I know you have said it is not Hans Olsen, and, Simon, you of all people would be right. But every time I look at the below Hans Olsen chairs, I see the same chairs with a bit less taper on the rear posts, which doesn't seem significant enough eliminate Hans Olsen entirely.
So there must be other, more dramatic differences I am not catching in your photos. Can you post a few more photos to better draw out the difference?
edit: one minor point I glossed over: the below advert shows the chair with a padded back rest, but one can find the same model without the padded backrest, so I am not counting it as a difference.


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30/04/2014 7:33 pm  

I do
tend to agree that the chair is a striking match albeit from the back rest being upholstered and more straight than on mine.
Could be that i have a yet un-documented version from Frem but the mark is not identical to their other stamp and that always says frem rojle.
Would be interesting to see a version of that chair if someone has it


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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30/04/2014 9:17 pm  

Here's another version of...
Here's another version of the Hans Olsen chair on Lauritz. This time with the curved back and without the upholstered back rest.
Based on the photos I see of specimens on the internet the features of the chair were matched to the table, and there were rectangular, pill-shaped, large circular, and small circular tables. This resulted in different curvature of the chair backrests (as well as other variations in the chairs: padded upholstery on the straighter backrests; 3-leg chairs with greater curvature).
Are there any other significant differences not visible in the photos?
http://www.lauritz.com/da/auktion/hans-olsen-spisebord-med-6-stole-frems...


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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30/04/2014 10:22 pm  

Do the rails on your chairs...
Do the rails on your chairs have the same gap at the back? It seems like an odd characteristic that would be indicative (or contra-indicative)


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01/05/2014 12:32 am  

I think Leif may have nailed it
... and for what it's worth we've had Frem Rojle chairs which did not have labels on them. We never were able to figure out if they had been removed at some point, or if they were never marked for some reason.
Seems some importers and distributors would remove manufacturer's labels when they sold their products. I always have assumed that was an effort to keep customers from going around the distributor and buying directly from the manufacturer.


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01/05/2014 3:46 am  

Well knock
Me over and call me betsy!
I already have a set of 720 chairs and have just not seen the wood for trees.
I will put them next to each other tomorrow and you will see the difference.


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01/05/2014 5:02 pm  

images
showing the 2 chairs together.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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02/05/2014 4:35 am  

How odd! They are too...
How odd! They are too close, and, yet, not close enough.
It seem completely improbable that anyone knocked off this model (Frem #630). The 3-legged chair seems to have been the most popular by far, and it doesn't even have any known knockoffs.
So, I've got nothing. As you speculated Simon, I wonder if these are some sort of undocumented Frem model. Or maybe some sort of design-in-progress production run, which might explain the atypical marking.
The only other interesting fact I've been able to turn up is that the raised-tab-backrest version of this chair is listed on the Danish Furniture Index with Hans Olsen AND Otto B. Stii as designers. Perhaps further information on him would show that he is somehow connected to this design.


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02/05/2014 4:01 pm  

Thanks leif
for the additional information and your efforts.
Out there is someone with the FREM ROJLE complete price/list catalogue!


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06/05/2014 4:24 pm  

Finally come across
a set of chairs like mine that are marked.
FARSØ STOLE FABRIK


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06/05/2014 6:47 pm  

Where did you find them?
Where did you find them?


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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06/05/2014 6:49 pm  

Yes, link please. I am rathe...
Yes, link please. I am rather curious about these chairs.


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07/05/2014 2:24 am  

While searching for
Farsø stolefabrik a link came up to lauritz where there are 2 chairs fully marked
http://www.lauritz.com/da/auktion/moderne-design-fire-moderne-stole-og-b...


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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07/05/2014 2:47 am  

Ever since you posted Farsø,...
Ever since you posted Farsø, I found that listing and I've been trying to puzzle it out:
There are two pairs of chairs, one advertised as teak & birch, the other as oak. The oak pair is stated to be marked Farsø.
Now looking at the photos: One pair is Birch (the ones matching yours), the other is Teak & Oak. And the mark is stamped on a Beech rail.
They got the woods all twisted around so you can't tell which pair is marked. And I can't see where either chair has a beech rail.
So I am not sure at all which pair is marked Farsø. Anybody see the key to this riddle?


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