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Killian
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25/09/2007 2:48 am  

I rarely buy chairs with wood frames but I found myself strangely attracted to these chairs and they made me buy them which is weird for me seeing as I am such a chrome/steel freak.


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Robert Leach
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25/09/2007 2:49 am  

I'm
I'm also attracted to them 😉
Do you know anything about them ?


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Killian
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25/09/2007 2:50 am  

absolutely nothing except...
absolutely nothing except the price 🙂


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Killian
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25/09/2007 2:56 am  

heres the back

heres the back


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Big Television Man
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25/09/2007 3:22 am  

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On the underside of the yellow seat part is there any evidence of where 4 legs might have been screwed in. They seem to be a compilation of two distinct chairs. The yellow part would have had 4 short legs in wood on the underside, somewhere between 8 and 14 inches in length. And the current dark wood part would have had an upholstered seat pad in a nubby wool tweed and there would have been a square upholstered back cushion with rounded corners between the curved back part and the seat frame perhaps extending slightly above the curved part, because those two chairs with their two components separated, I have definitely seen before. What do you think?


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25/09/2007 3:29 am  

Killian
These look like really nice decorator chairs of the 60's or 70's
I say decorator vs
designers , In my humble opion they could be something like Edward Wormley for Dunbar, or John Widdicom
Baker would have a metal tag that rarely gets removed, What ever they are they are in nice conditon and would be worth having in your modern home as they would fit in with other nice designer pieces,


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azurechicken (USA)
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25/09/2007 10:26 am  

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Decorator type chairs but possibly Harvey Probber or Tommi Parzinger...?


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azurechicken (USA)
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25/09/2007 12:37 pm  

DATES:
I think late 50s early 60s...


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Killian
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25/09/2007 1:33 pm  

Big Television Man
I will try and get a shot of the underside from the seller but if I dont then it will be months before I see them in person as they will go into storage before I ship them and everything else from the US to Ireland.I hope you are wrong as I would prefer they are not a marriage of two different pieces.


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Robert Leach
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25/09/2007 3:19 pm  

Personally
I doubt the 'marriage' theory.
Those back curves are identical..


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Big Television Man
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25/09/2007 11:22 pm  

Hey it was just a loose...
Hey it was just a loose theory, but has not everyone seen these two chairs as two separate entities? And when one looks at the space above the rear legs where the wood meets the upholstory, there is a bit of daylight. Also the way the front edge of the upholstered part overhangs the frame. They are interesting, they just seem to have a bit of an ad hoc feel as if someone saw 2 different chairs and did a Reese's peanut butter cup design. Combine 2 existing products. I don't mean this in any disparaging way, just that it looks like it could be a possibility. I defer to the vast ocean of knowledge within this forum.


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Robert Leach
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26/09/2007 4:06 pm  

I totally understand
I totally understand what you mean, I'd say they are a marriage of design ideas, rather than components-
the usual understanding of 'marriage' when applied to furniture.
Still like 'em 😉


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Big Television Man
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26/09/2007 7:15 pm  

Robert1960
Agreed!


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finch
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27/09/2007 2:56 am  

They have a very lithe look...
They have a very lithe look to them with that frame. Look comfortable, too. I understand your attraction to them.


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