found a france&son armchair in the trash! i'm in shock.  

after randomly falling in love with and then buying a vintage cabinet radio from 1962 on ebay last fall, my husband and i have become obsessed with redecorating our apartment circa 1960 style. we're young, we're both artists and we have three small children. so we are what our society considers poor.
lately we've spent many hours browsing the web together drooling over mid century danish pieces. we both knew there was no way we'd be able to buy "real" pieces anytime soon.

today our kids were getting stir crazy and as i was trying to nurse our youngest to sleep, i asked dh to please take the older ones out NOW. i suggested the nearby playground but he decided to head the opposite way towards the woods. we hadn't gone up there in months.

a few minutes later he sends me a picture on my phone. my heart jumps a little as i see some sleek teak curves. can't make out what it is though. think it's a coffee table.
he informs me that it's a chair and that there are cushions too. they are moldy and in a plastic bag. i tell him to bring it all home.

when i look at it in our yard i immediately know that we've found a real treasure! then i see the mark and recognize it as something i've seen before on the very expensive listings on ebay.

he cleans off the mold outside while i do some research. i discover that it is indeed a france & son chair!!! designed by grete jalk.

we are in shock! and in heaven. it's just unbelievable.
last week we got a (not true danish) daybed. a couple days ago we won a table on ebay which is not danish modern, but very much good enough for now.
we still needed a nice chair to go in our living room and would've settled for something german (we're in germany) with what we've dubbed "slanty feet" from the 50s or 60s. NEVER would we have dreamed we'd actually have a france&son chair in our house!

little bummer though... our younger daughter has a tendency to destroy things. she's bright and curious and has to inspect everything thoroughly.
when my husband came inside to get cleaning supplies, i told him to bring the chair in. instead he left it out with the girls. our daughter must've climbed the chair while the cushions were sitting on the floor. a couple of the seat slats broke.

so now we'll have to figure out how to fix that and how to get the chair back into nice shape.
it looks pretty good already after a round of cleaning though. it's goooooooooooooorgeous! we're absolutely head over heals madly in love and forever grateful to the universe for making this happen for us.

does anyone know what year this is from?
what does the serial number mean?(7115463)
got any absolutely awesome must do care instructions?

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