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Good Questions: Where Did This Chair Come From?

Hello AT, I have bought this nice chair. Could anyone name the origin of it? And just for the sake of interest what could the small metal balls in the inner part of the legs serve for? It can't be stacking..

Thank you, Bibikonn

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Dear Bibikonn,

Can you tell us more? Where did you buy it, was it a set and how much did it cost?

Anyone??

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Is there by any chance a number or set of letters stamped underneath the seat? That chair is whispering "college library" at me, but I can't prove it readily.

posted by wende in the twin cities on August 2nd 2007 at 5:53am
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This chair is vintage Le Vander Mies, judging by the wood, four legs, and square shape.

posted by Rick on August 2nd 2007 at 6:29am
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those metal balls are so the chair doesn't get carsick.

posted by miffy on August 2nd 2007 at 7:04am
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I bought the chair at the flea-market in Helsinki, Finland. There was no set, just that chair. It cost me 30 euros (about 40 US dollars). For a comparison - Ilmari Tapiovaara set of 2 Domus chairs cost 150 euros there :)
As for the question of wende in phoenix- unfortunately there is no numbers or anything underneath the chair. But l am tending to think "library chair" myself :)

posted by Bibikonn on August 2nd 2007 at 9:51am
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