Hans Olsen Roundette dining 3 legged chairs by Frem Rojle- painted in red/orange  

Bringing this back up, as I picked up a roundette set (4 chairs and table) in the same red color tonight.  This is the only picture online that I could find of the red, is this a factory finish? Top of the table almost feels like a melamine finish- completely smooth and void of any wood grain, or perhaps a thick lacquer? 

Forgive the mess in the picture, I had to set it up in the kids toy room as my Mother in Law is staying in my  'furniture overflow room'. 

I Will Never understand the gain in painting over wood with such color, and stripping it out seems to be a major challenge here 

Agreed in the stripping. May just sell it again after the holidays, as it's a little too bright for the room I was thinking ....

I'm no expert on these sets but you can find versions with laminate tops online, and a couple in yellow that claim to be original finish.  I did not see any in red.

So apparently the red is original!

Actually called Cinnabar and it also came in yellow.  Sets were painted when the original teak didn't match well or 2nds. 

It would be interesting what the bottoms of the legs look like, in other words whether it is teak end grain or something much more affordable like beech my guess is that there is a whole lot more beechwood under the lacquer on these than bad teak. 

Posted by: leif ericson - Zephyr Renner

It would be interesting what the bottoms of the legs look like, in other words whether it is teak end grain or something much more affordable like beech my guess is that there is a whole lot more beechwood under the lacquer on these than bad teak. 

I'll try to get some pictures tonight! 

So I completely forgot to get pictures as I was in a rush as the table sold quickly, but the seat backs are beech, bottom of the table appears to the teak (with laminite over top) some of the table sides are beech and couldnt tell with the rest. A bit of a mix and match, which makes sense with the paint.