My new Knoll chairs
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I bought a set of four of these chairs the other day. I got what I think was a pretty good deal on them.
They're 1981 Knoll chairs in perfect condition. The seat cushions are a royal purple velvet.
I'm no furniture expert, but I have a feeling these may be worth something. Does anyone have an idea?
- e-pill0
outside of the aluminum or metal and wood what is that fabric and what is under it?? looks like mid 80s crap no offense... i dont even have crap to say its crap. i have harmon miller stuff only so who am i to say what is good and what isnt...
i think you should have some boom boom bump and grin on those chairs and post pics of that and make a new thread with jizzy shots yeh!!! im sure this thread will rock like MAO TSE TONG wearing a MJ thong!!!
- horton0
have these been refinished.. don't they usually have a cane/wicker back?
my folks still have a set of some cheap ikea knockoff.
- horton0
"Designed by Marcel Breuer for Knoll in 1928"... google Breuer chair.
http://images.google.com/images?…
- airey0
obviously it each to their own but they look awful to me. that nasty period of 80's that thought shiny stainless was 'the future'. saying that, i hated it then so i'm probably just an old crotchety bastido.
- horton0
"The Breuer chair is the world's most popular chair"
... sorry but can't be worth all that much. and now that i see more images i'm pretty sure my folks have the exact same ones. always trying to dish the set of 6 on me.
- shouldn't it be 'arguably the most popular", that way they can't be sued over falsehoods.airey
- brains0
I mostly hate cantilever chairs.
- cannonball19780
those are nice for being cheap piles of doody. i gave a set of them away once. the wicker ones are especially bad.
- NoFavorite0
Haha. Some awesome responses in here.
The chairs haven't been refinished. They are not knock offs and even have the original Knoll stickers on the bottom.
I don't believe they're wicker chairs that have been modified.
Anyone know any history on the velvet ones?
- probably a period of design that when knoll was suffering from hep b+c and syphilis.airey
- e-pill0
they were featured in A Nightmare on Elm Street... watch it... the scenes in the kitchen!!! omg crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Josev0
I'm sorry, but I doubt that Marcel Breuer made those chairs with velvet seats and backrests
- NoFavorite0
Guess drunken QBNers aren't fans of the chairs.
No worries. You all can sit on the floor at my next dinner party :)
- Josev0
I think they're great, I just think they were were altered considerably. The chair is called the Cesca side chair. They probably did have a cain back and seat at one point.
- You don't have to sit on the floor.NoFavorite
- =) Thanks.Josev
- 1981 was the last year that Breuer was alive.Josev
- yet his crimes against mankind continue.airey
- @airey hates Breuer.NoFavorite
- Cesca was the name of Kandinsky's daughter...miesvan
- miesvan0
No history about velvets ones but there are one nice about this...
- god god these are awful. the bottom one is about the worst thing i've ever seen.airey
- I had four of the top model until I sold them a couple of months ago. The bottom one is beautiful.Josev
- each to his / her own.airey
- I'll say.Josev
- My uncle has two of the top... I hated them as kid, but honestly I don't see anything wrong visually with either. Just not a fan reallyismith
- a nice looking pain in the ass. literally.ItTango
- airey0
i'd prefer a set of these:
- lvl_130
i had a set of the ones posted above in white leather:
i thought they were pretty dope. i bought them off a guy for $15 that had them in his garage for decades. i gave them away when i moved, but i still like them...although i think i am the only one :/
- ********0
^We have 3 of those , but a 'bigger' / higher version
like this
but the style from the lvl_13 post
- lenaanstis0
Gorgeous Knoll Chairs !
Cane seat and back price 1200 CAD at Gabriel Ross, hang on to those ! Go easy on eighties stuff in the rest of the room, mix high and lowbrow and you'll have a personal style rather than cookie cutter:-)
- Melanie0
Most of the stainless steel staples of the 80s were actually designed in the 20s. Anything 80s is going to be cool in about 10-20 years. I'm even starting to look at Post Modernist buildings and think they have some merit.
