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Cancon Chair by Terence Cooke for Motherbrand

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The Hudson's Bay Blanket carries with it a constant urge to go modern. Its traditional bold stripes in bright colors are perfect for a modern application. That's why we loved the Cancon Chair when we first laid eyes on it. The design by Terence Cooke takes two Canadian designs and puts them together...

 
 

The Cancon Chair ("Canadian Content") combines two Canadian design icons: one obscure, A.J. Donahue's Winnipeg Chair (AKA the Canadian Coconut); and one ubiquitous, the Hudson's Bay Point Blanket. The slipcover, fabricated from the point blanket, bundles up a cherished and very valuable Winnipeg Chair evoking memories of cold evenings at the cabin.

The combination is simply perfect. See more on the Cancon Chair at Cabin.

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seating - sofas & armchairs, Montreal, Hudson's Bay

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looks pretty poorly done.
you can ease woven fabric around a curve
better than that.

posted by baba yaga on October 23rd 2008 at 11:42am
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I love the chair but not the blanket.

posted by Monica on October 23rd 2008 at 11:45am
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Sometimes the parts are greater than the whole.

posted by patrick (the other one) on October 23rd 2008 at 11:59am
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Ew. What went to the designer's head first - studying at Harvard or the cold weather in Winnipeg. Nothing beats the cold like an HB blanket, but this is truly, truly dreadful.

posted by sierraberra42 on October 23rd 2008 at 12:01pm
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I kind of like it.

posted by Daniel Poitiers on October 23rd 2008 at 12:04pm
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Actually it's a slipcover, so that's why it doesn't seem to fit completely.

posted by Daniel Poitiers on October 23rd 2008 at 12:07pm
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I agree w/ Patrick

I like the chair and I love the blankets - but not the (poorly executed) combination of the two.

posted by bepsf on October 23rd 2008 at 12:13pm
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Humm the site says the design is "under point", this is just a prototype.

posted by Daniel Poitiers on October 23rd 2008 at 12:18pm
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Point refers to the blankets full name which is derived from:

For over two centuries the Hudson's Bay Company point blanket has been a familiar item in Canada and around the world. It is enjoyed as much today as when it was first introduced into the fur trade in 1780. It is believed that M. Germain Maugenest first suggested to the Company's London Committee that "pointed blankets" become a regular trade item. The "point" system had been invented by French weavers in the mid 18th c. as a means of indicating the finished overall size (area) of a blanket, since then, as now, blankets were shrunk or felted as part of the manufacturing process. The word point derives from the French empointer meaning "to make threaded stitches on cloth". Pointed blankets quickly became very popular with the aboriginal peoples.

posted by spinningscreen on October 23rd 2008 at 1:19pm
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http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/blanket/history/

posted by spinningscreen on October 23rd 2008 at 1:21pm
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This looks very crudely crafted, although I like the idea.

posted by visualingual on October 23rd 2008 at 1:24pm
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Yeah, I'm with visualingual. Concept? Yes! Execution! Not quite there.

Nice to see someone representing for the Great White North, though.

posted by natomaton on October 23rd 2008 at 2:12pm
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For more iconic Canadian classics check out Beaver Tales, currently on at the University of Toronto Art Centre: http://stylenorth.ca/blog/2008/10/canadian-cool-beaver-tales/

posted by ChrisToronto on October 24th 2008 at 2:57am
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