Mid Century Modern Rocker That Disassembles

Found this the other day. Can't find anything on it. I see a lot of MCM rockers, but none that disassemble like this one. I know its vintage from where I got it.

My guess is 60s. No identification on it. Needs cleaning up and some cushions, but the styling on the back is not like any I see as most are plain.

 

Found one that had sold online but no info on designer or date. The picture of it restored shows the potential for this chair. Also found a highback version.

 

I was hoping it might turn out to be by sergio rodrigues, which would be my second odd coincidence of the day - I just saw his work for the first time today...

I don't see see yours in a quick search, but if you are attracted to quirky/beautiful furniture, it's worth taking a look

 

As far as I can tell this was most likely made in Yugoslavia in the 60s maybe 70s either walnut or beech or some local wood.

http://www.designaddict.com/forum/Identification/Can-you-identify-lounge-chair

 

It's gorgeous. Love it.

 

Yeah me too. I will probably just wipe it down and try to find some cushions for it. Ill post pics.

 

If it is beechwood, it could be the original Danish Fritz Hansen chair by Peter Hvidt and Mølgaard-Nielsen.
Beechwood is a northern wood, and Denmark has a lot of beautiful beech forests.
I don't think it would have been used in Yugoslavia, which has a Mediterranean climate and no northern trees.
Besides, the Yugoslavian chair in your link turned out to be stamped 'Yugoslavia' (scroll all the way down the page). If you find that stamp on yours, it is Yugoslavian.

 

Um. No.

Fruska Gora beech forests for one thing. Mixed oak and beech. Yigoslavian beech being a specific variant of European Beech: http://palmertimber.com/content/hardwood/european-hardwoods/european-beech

Yugoslavia (former) is in the Northern Temperate zone. Coast is Med, but the mountains and other regions vary widely. So hardwoods grow rather well.

Good article here about Bosnian furniture makers: Oak and beech. Massive industry then, still not bad.

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/13/business/yugoslav-furniture-problems.html

There's a lot of (former) Yugoslav beech furniture out there.

It's the same beech species as Ercol use for their furniture, and they, of course, originated in Ercolani, near Naples, then came to High Wycombe. This chair is very like some of their stuff, although they've never done a back like that. Their chairs don't come apart, but they are pegged like this. Lovely chair, that.

 

Only consulted Wikipedia on the beech, going against my rule to consult multiple sources. And my childhood memories of Denmark of course. My brain went haywire today, so I thought I'd economize on reading. Not good.

Anyway, your information could be useful for the forum mentioned above, where they seem to think the beechwood ones are Danish, and the Yugoslavia stamp applies to Yugoslavian furniture.

 

Used to import beech furniture from Yugoslavia so know it was used there quite a bit.

 

It's my pre-Internet education botany bump again, brad. And having seen the trees growing.

 

Not checked every square inch, but a cursory look didn't turn up a stamp. May give it a good look sometime this week.

The last post in that thread mentioned Peter Hvidt and Mølgaard-Nielsen, but I can't find one that looks similar. The arms are different on the one from that thread that was marked Yugoslavia, but mine is identical to the one in that thread towards the end that was on eBay w/o any markings, but dont think Terrapeak even would go back that far since the listing was in 2013.

This one here matches the Yugoslavia one:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/114920718/sold-custom-upholstered-vintage-mid

and this place in San Fran sold one identical to mine they called Walnut and note no manufacture stamp, which would again be like mine:
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/s...mid-century-modern-rocking-chair/id-f_828649/

I sent an email and maybe they are nice enough to respond, but they do not appear to know anymore than I.

 

Never walnut. Far too pale. That's beech in the San Fran link.

 

Yeah I figured they really didnt know what they were talking about on it lol

 

I'd say so.

 

FWW

does it really dissamble easily? That may mean it was made to ship flat, which is generally credited to ikea and accounts for the economy of their products... It was a pretty high concept for its time: 1955

Gillis Lundgren
Safari Chair is interesting too

Don't know if that relates much to your chair, but it got my interest.

 

yeah. it kind of fits together like mini bed rail hitches. super easy to take apart and put together. If you look at the last pic on my first post, thats a pic of one of the hitch receivers.

If I sell it, will be super easy to ship and cheap to ship as far as furniture goes. Very Ikea like in its concept.

 

Here are some pics of it cleaned up a little and the Yugoslavia stamp I actually found when I looked closer. Also a stamp of a 2 and 3 and maybe something between that was bored out for the seat. Cool how it completely breaks down.

 

Oh and a very poor repair job on one of the joints where they drilled a hole and stuck a bolt in there without making a resessed hole so it would flush out.

I'm not sure how they are really joined to begin with, I am guessing just wood glued at those teeth? They slant into a zigzaw tooth like cut and again I assume just glued. Not sure. That joint also has a hair line crack as you can see.

 

Well spotted! As to the construction, these were designed to be easily shipped, so they're clever things. I'd keep it.