We've had this piece currently consigned to our store that has been a major time waster for me and I'm asking for some help! I have spent way too much time trying to identify the designer, and although this looks familiar to me, I cannot find the exact same chair. Jens Rison, Mies Van de Rohe, Adrian Pearsall? Or maybe just some knockoff that was inspired by one or another? The chair has obviously been recovered and whoever did the work removed the original tags if they were there to start with.
I've already had customers loving the chair, although I don't as yet have on our floor for sale. It's still in our shop area and I don't mind customers taking a look! I'm not a big fan of the redo though some apparently are. If someone has a clue to the attribution, I would surely appeciate your input!
Just a quick update on our current Heywood Wakefield dresser refinish. After more than a few hours of grunt work on the sanding portion, we are ready to start putting down the finish coats. Here is how we stand as of this evening:
We are now ready to give our new Encore dresser a new set of clothes! In the grand scheme of H/W refinishing, this has been a relatively simple refinish job. No major construction or staining issues and this piece should turn out perfect! Ready for another 60 plus years of service...
My wife sells the Atomic Ranch magazine at her store and we just got in the new issues and they are up for grabs. They normally sell out and we are planning to move the distibution up to A Modern Line soon. I don't normally promote other peoples stuff, but she is my wife, and if you are into vintage clothing, jewelery, and tons of other collectible stuff, you can find her here http://yesterdazevintage.com/, and she has an Etsy site as well which you can access from her website.
I couldn't help but notice going through the new edtion of Atomic Ranch that in the "Modern Wisdom" section, they are planning on doing an article on Heywood Wakefield refinishing.
I just had to shoot off a short e-mail to the editor regarding my blog and how long I've had a passion for Heywood Wakefield refinishing. I didn't get my hopes up on expecting a response and so far I haven't. I guess I'm still running under most peoples and/or web radar sites to get noticed. Go figure! If you see my refinishing in person I think you may come away impressed.
As always thanks for takng the time to take a peek!
Hey David
ReplyDeleteThat green and red chair (depending upon how much it's modified under that recover job) might have been a "Scoop Chair" at one time in its past.
I've seen chairs called "Carter Brothers Scoop Chairs" that have a similar line and with a similar splaying of the legs.
Just one guy's opinion, but it might be a place to start.
Wonder Woman and I are following with much interest the dresser refinish.
Thanks Dave, I'll try that vein. I'll figure it out eventually!
DeleteI think it takes quite a while to get noticed unless you do a good bit of self-promotion above and beyond traditional advertising...like your contacting AR. We haven't done a lot of that so far, but we should have. Most of our growth as a store has come about by word of mouth and Facebook, and now that we're moving to a new location, we're going to really start concentrating on getting the word out.
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly no lack of competition out there on the information super highway! You're definetely right about the word of mouth. It's far and away the best advertising!
DeleteAlways amazed at the patience you must have refinishing this furniture. You do a great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the link to your wifes shop, I have added her shop to my faves!
Thanks Rachael, My wife has had a bricks and mortar business for over 14 years and has been selling online for quite awhile as well, so she must be doing something right!
DeleteThrowing my hat into the ring here. I'm gonna guess the vinyl scoop chair is a re-upholstered Baughman "Scoop" chair that also has lost it's original legs. Only way to know for sure; exploratory surgery.
ReplyDeleteOh, also...Rhan has / had a chair quite similar to this back in Nov. of 2011! You even commented on it! Don't Alzheimer's suck?
ReplyDeleteI was reminded of Rhans post as the pic turned up on a Google image search. This is likely the same chair but there's no attribution given. It also looks remarkably like the Baughman shape. Mine has 3 buttons across instead of 4 and Rahns shows no buttons although the legs look the same. I may take a peek under the dust cover to verify, but I think these legs are probably original. I'll let you know what I find and "Thanks!!!!
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