Got it.
That was easy enough.
Tulip, it seems your initial inquiry is 'how do I get better at identifying furniture'. Yes?
It's a skill that takes time and more importantly -practice. Exercises like these are greatly helpful in teaching your eye how to see certain details, and also in teaching your mind how to ask the right questions.
I love to peruse the design index, 1st Dibs, Lauritz, Architonic etc. basically any place that has hi-resolution imagery and moderately reliable attribution (so I don't spend much time on ebay).
Punch Borge Mogensen, Hans Wegner, Eames, Moller into 1st Dibs and see what comes up. See what doesn't come up. If a manufacturer is listed see if they have a website. Read about their history. etc. etc.
It's not instant, but over time you accumulate the knowledge you're looking for. And - best of all -when you have that knowledge you're able to spot the gems amidst the rubble that others might not. Happy hunting!
Huh?
The designer was already linked in someone else's post above!
Yes, Wegner did do that cord-through-slot detail too but he wasn't the only one. I only mentioned it because it's the kind of thing that will help you narrow your search by a bunch. There are other details like that---the way the ends of arms are done, the shape of arm rests, the shape and dimensions of chair rails and rungs, even the way the bottom ends of chair legs are shaped. You have to study all that stuff and then remember it. There's a LOT to learn. But fortunately it's fun to do and you get to look at lots and lots and lots of very beautiful things along the way.
this is a really cool thread
This is a very cool thread. Thanks for opening the subject. It, maybe, was spoken about before on here...who knows? There are thousand of threads here...A BIG THANKS TO THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THIS COMMUNITY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A SUPERB JOB AND I AM SURE IT IS NOT EASY.
I am no expert, but I agree with everything said so far. I believe most people here, including me, are self thought. To my knowledge there is no class or course you can take. Maybe in fancy design schools they have some history of design classes, but I am not to certain on that...Regardless, no class or course can teach you everything about all these furniture, light, ceramics, glass, that we see on here everyday.
I like italian lighting and swedish Rorstrand for example...x likes and is a connoiseur of danish ceramics , y is an expert on eames and z, well z, can't decide if he like danish furniture of french early modernists....
It is a neverending process. I read about stuff everyday. A lot of google image search. Crossreference with auction catalogs etc etc. For example there is one very reputable modern design auction house that sold the same light fixture, years apart, different color finish, as Sarfatti and then as Stilnovo. Once you really start to know stuff, you will start seeing how much stuff is missatribuitted, sometimes out of ignorance, sometimes just to make a quick buck and sometimes, simply because of an innocent mistake. I admit I did that (atribuite a piece to a certain designer)in the past once or twice myself, followed the crowd, but it just didn't feel right. I still do it now and again when the entire community of sellers(ebay, 1st dibs, boa blablala etc) decides to embrace a certain design and bluntly attribuite it to so and so, when in reality the design was anonymous.....Please don't hate and don't judge. Anyway I think I am going a bit off track.
There is a really nice and quite innexpensive Taschen series on design. danish, modern, italian, decorative arts etc and these Taschen books are a really nice tool to begin with.
Stick around and you will learn even more from all those wonderfull design addicts.
Here
it is on Danish Furniture Index.
https://aleph-01.kb.dk/F/RCSRBMDN664S43V5Q4P3GQHV22C5SPB65L5XM1F993K5EKD...
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