Never know what Sally has for you!

[perc-o-prince]

Rich was fortunate enough to stumble across this mid-century Plycraft leather chair with ottoman when he stopped at the Sally this past week. Problem? It was on a courtesy hold until something like 4:30pm that day and three people had said they'd be back to check to see if it had sold. Rich came back a little before the deadline and the manager decided to sell it to him since he had cash-in-hand. LUCKY! Right after he paid for it, one of the other people walked in, didn't see it on the floor, and assumed it was sold.

 

[rp2813]

Wow!  Great find in beautiful shape!  I have wanted one of those chairs for so long, and would make room for one if I ever found one.

 

[whirlcool]

Isn't that more Danish contemporary than mid cnetury? You can still buy chairs like that at most Danish design furniture stores. They are nice and sleek and usually very comfortable, but be prepared to put out some serious $$$$ for one.

Who is Sally?

 

[a440]

Nice....

Looks to be in great shape!
Is it an original Herman Miller? Or a knock off?
They are hard to tell apart in pictures.
My dad had two Herman Miller's just like this. So comfortable!
Great score!
Brent

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Allen-

Sally is  "Salvation Army Family Thrift Store " .  Maybe up until the early y2k's they often had  " Sally's Botique " section in the stores,

at least some of them here in Central/Northern California , that featured most of the fancy collectibles.

 

Darrel

 

(btw happy 60 + 2 days)

 

[polkanut]

Is it as comfortable to sit in as it looks?  Love the styling, and a great buy too!

 

[paulg]

OMG:

That is a dream come true. Great find.
I still hope to find Catalin radios or Herman-Miller anything when shopping.
Enjoy!!

 

[perc-o-prince]

It is Danish in style, but production of this style began mid-century (ca. 1956), so I guess either would be correct.

I didn't sit in it, but Rich said it's very comfortable.

As far as the make, there's no tag on the bottom but we're assuming it's Plycraft and not Herman Miller. The Herman Millers we've seen do not have exposed screws in the wood (like where the armrest attaches to the seat in the picture) but the Plycraft do, and in the same pattern.

Chuck

 

[rp2813]

Actually, in this case I believe the over-used ebay term of "Eames style" would be entirely correct. The design is quite a bit earlier than Danish modern, but the chairs themselves were manufactured over a long period.

 

[whirlcool]

You are right about the overuse of the "Eames Era" tag! Do people even know what "Eames Era" means?

The leather on that chair is in perfect condition! Somebody took care of it. I feel that this chair is probably from the late 70's, early 80's. Plus I love the color of it.

 

[petek]

Horseshoes!

What a great find.

Add art-deco to the over misused Ebay descriptors. However I've come to the conclusion that many sellers put those words into their item descriptions purposely knowing well they aren't so they show up in more searches.

 

[kathy]

Eames, not Danish

Hi, this is a Plycraft or Selig knockoff of the Eames lounge chair and ottoman that was designed in 1956 and is still in production. The Plycrafts haven't been made since the 70s.

The Danish Modern movement began just after WWII when Danish designers wanted to focus on producing simple, warm, beautiful things after the long German occupation of their country.

The Plycraft and Eames lounge chairs are a purely American design. The person who thought they might be Danish in style is probably thinking of the Ekornes lounge chair, which is kind of the same look but came out later than the Eames (1971). It is or was sold in Scan stores and it's a Norwegian design.