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chairsmith
chairsmith.blogspot.com
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A virtual collection of design inspirations, thoughts and ideas dedicated to all things chairs - with a particular focus on iconic classics and mid-century modern pieces.
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fibres/fibers

Hey Mr, where is your mask?Image: daddytypes

2 days ago

eye-candy

With little time on our hands at present to rummage around the interweb for interesting finds meant a recently received email leading us straight to the eye-candy couldnt have been more timely. So wi...

6 days ago

miscellany #2

Hello there again. Just some more images of a few favourites weve previously featured. Theres a pleasing mix of textures and materials here - and a couple of flying chairs thrown in for good measure ...

18 may 12

tango

We cant get enough of Cast and Crew - both on Etsy and Instagram.  This dynamic duo offer raw and iconic mid-century modern designs and they know how to find stuff - good stuff - and take fabulo...

16 may 12 1 person likes this

miscellany #1

Hello everyone - its been a while hasnt it?  We decided to take an impromptu break - come on, talking solely and exclusively about chairs, chairs, chairs is not required on a daily basis, is it?...

10 may 12 1 person likes this

anonymous

Image:  Circa Midcentury We know nothing about her other than shes Danish and her bentwood arms and legs swept us off our feet!

27 apr 12 2 people like this

purple

Picture the scene ..... were over on that well-known auction website doing a spot of window shopping as it were, and lo and behold we spot a purple flying Eames.  Yes, thats right.  Wo...

26 apr 12

harry

Weve never sought to seek out the man behind one of our favourite chair designs, and then this photograph popped up when we were doing essential interweb research - yes, you read that right - and, we...

25 apr 12

showing off

Some time ago we received an intriguing email from Domus Nova - an independent estate agent specialising in exceptional properties in West London - who were working on the fifth edition of their DN M...

24 apr 12

philosophy

OK, OK, we cant stop looking at the arm rests on this delightful rocking chair designed in the late 1950s by Illum Wikkelsø for N. Eilersen - those sweeping curves are captivating from whichever angl...

20 apr 12

flamingo

As British design goes, the Flamingo has to be one of our all time favourites.  Not wanting to re-invent the wheel, the V&A has a fascinating insight into this classic de...

13 apr 12 1 person likes this

green and orange

Original features abound in this stunning turn of the century apartment - high ceilings, herringbone parquet flooring, stucco and large windows.  All in all, the perfect setting for that eye-cat...

12 apr 12

sideways glance

First up, apologies for the lack of attention weve been paying to this here blog of ours.  Weve been taking some time out to get our ducks - read house - in order, as the place was beginning to ...

10 apr 12

chair thing

A little midweek fun here with a Pop Art inspired design created from a single piece of die-cut, folded card.  In 1967 the designer Peter Murdoch came up with a range which was marketed as Those...

04 apr 12 1 person likes this

three

There are just three things we like in this photo set - the RAR, the Franco Albini ottoman and the Brutalist wall sculpture - who knew?Images:  Art of Vintage

31 mar 12

walkies

The wonderfully named Take a Line for a Walk by Alfredo Häberli draws on the idea of cocooning and motherly comfort.  Yes please!Images:  Design Travellers, Dwell, Daily Icon

29 mar 12

teardrops

Take two iconic chairs designed by Hans Olsen for Frem Rojle, add a dash of Eleanor Young of Fun Makes Good, and what you end up with is something quite unexpected.  These beautifully ...

27 mar 12

no words

Images: histoire.nl via flickr

25 mar 12 1 person likes this

happy hour

We thought it was just chairs, but it turns out its stools too.  After featuring some stunning vintage bar stools by Harry Bertoia a week or two ago, weve been on the hunt for bar stool, bar sto...

23 mar 12

stitch up

What, another beautiful arm?  We need to get a grip.  Wait.  No we dont.  Heres another beautiful arm  - this time from Saarinens iconic Womb chair - which details ...

21 mar 12 1 person likes this

red alert

Its been a while since weve done a chairs at home post, mainly because everything we come across has already been done to death elsewhere.  So whilst we were scouring the interweb for something ...

20 mar 12

woof

Were not really ones for cute and cuddly, but this Danish teak dining chair is a really sweetie ..... awwwwww!Images:  HOWE® 

16 mar 12

uncovered

This image had us pondering how our shell may have looked before ending up at the chairsmith hospital for some cosmetic surgery!Image:  Fopple

15 mar 12

shoppe

Its been so long now that its difficult to remember which came first, our passion for chairs or our goal of opening a shop full of the things!  Either way, we caught the chair bug some time ago ...

13 mar 12

snapped

We found ourselves marvelling at these wonderful photos by dosbananos at the weekend and, as with all photos by dosbabanos that we find ourselves ogling over, they always do the chair in qu...

12 mar 12

seeing red

We normally do the talking bit first and then leave you with the pictures, but this chair knows how to make an entrance and so were happy to make an exception!  We spotted this gem over on Olive...

08 mar 12 2 people like this

please

Have black, need white.  As well.   Is that asking too much?  Just one.  Please.  Pretty please.  Weve been good.  Really, really good.Image:  Dejavu

06 mar 12

horny

We popped along to North London Vintage Market on Saturday afternoon - to browse you understand, nothing more, nothing less. We thought wed left our chairsmith hat at home, but it appears that wherev...

05 mar 12

bear essentials

Were usually immune to all forms of marketing material, but this brochure appears to be talking to us. You owe yourself the pleasure of relaxing in this outstanding piece of handcrafted furniture - u...

02 mar 12

unscientific

In 1946, when Eero Saarinen designed a curved shell, the science in plastic was still in its infancy and the inability to obtain smooth surfaces meant that said curved shell had to be masked with foa...

01 mar 12 1 person likes this

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