Katrina sent us an email: Hello! I have a set of six chairs that i scored for $25 a couple of months ago, four without arms and two with arms that are missing a few feet. I have no idea who made this set, or when, so maybe you could help identify it so that i could look for replacements?
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Those are Paul McCobb-designed chairs.
view matt in kc's profile
The feet are pretty much a stock piece you can find in a good home improvement store. I had some vintage bar stools I needed new feet like these for and I found them at Menards. They had a bunch of diameters, you should be able to find one that fits.
view i8kermit's profile
Wow - great steal, and great looking chairs.
Here's a reference that confirms that they look like they're Paul McCobb: http://www.deco-haus.com/7.html Scroll down 'till you see yours.
Note that the "Category E" pricing means that their set of four are going for "under $1000".
view ChzPlz's profile
...upholstery looks original too.
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along with a hardware store, any good upholsterer should have these ..I had some chairs re-finished and he changed out the feet as well...
view elizabo's profile
This company carries a large selection of mid century furniture parts:
http://www.swivel-chair-parts.com/index.html
view ehy2k's profile
I loooove those! Good find. Try ebay too... I see replacement feet listed on there all the time :)
view Amymj's profile
Decent hardware shop sells these feet, in different sizes.
However, you won't find them in black-- they'll be brass-toned with white silicon bottoms. Several coats of black spray paint outta do the trick.
view shirley-temple-of-doom's profile
Oh... I now see that the originals are brass with a patina of age.
I'd recommend buying the brass-toned ones, then applying whatever accelerates tarnish on brass.... but I KNOW that the feet commonly found in hardware shops aren't solid brass.
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Nice job finding these for $25! I was stalking them on ebay for a while this fall, and they usually go for around $150 each.
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