Good Questions: Can Anyone Identify These Vintage Chairs? Los Angeles

Good Questions: Can Anyone Identify These Vintage Chairs?
Los Angeles

Dayna writes in with the hopes of someone helping identify these vintage 1950's-era boomerang leg chairs:
My husband picked up two of these chairs at the Goodwill a couple of months ago. They came with some bright red vinyl cushions that we switched out temporarily with a Target cushion for the bottom and a stuffed pillow cover for the back. We will have them reupholstered eventually. I was wondering if you all knew what kind of chairs they were? They looked Scandinavian in design, and I looked all around to find a label to see if they were from a particular designer and found nothing. We love them and I was just curious. -Dayna

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Comments (4)

hi dayna (and all @ apartmenttherapy) - sounds crazy, but we're pretty sure we know your chairs. we have an identical one at home - it's a TV chair made by FLER (designer Fred Lowen), an Australian company who were heavily influenced by Danish and Scandinavian design. it would have been manufactured in Melbourne in the early 50's - how it found it's way to your side of the world, not sure but what an adventure. we're big fans and collectors of Fler, they're starting to gain a bit of recognition locally and worldwide as mid-century gains attention. if you're interested in more info, feel free to email us ... and enjoy your chairs!

posted by product1116 on January 23rd 2009 at 3:59am
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Those are wicked chairs. I'd love to see what they look like with the red vinyl. But seriously... cool.

posted by Miss Jess on January 23rd 2009 at 8:30am
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This post is a perfect example of why I love AT and why it's such a successful online community... thoughtful people!

Nicely done, product1116! And great finds, Dayna!

posted by modtramp on January 23rd 2009 at 8:44am
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boomerang legs = australian
makes sense.

posted by khanzen on January 23rd 2009 at 11:38am
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