Does anyone recall seeing any pictures on the web of a set of extremely tall-backed, narrow and rather stark, dining chairs, maybe 60-70", either by Frank Lloyd Wright or Charles Limbert (or perhaps some other Arts & Crafts furniture maker)?
Bill
Chair design inspiration
Jan 10, 2004
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Probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh - the "giraffe backed" chairs.
-- Smert' spamionam
Probably, I thought you didn't know any sources and then you come up with this web site. Is that your way of bringing it to our attention ??? mjh
I think the FLW high back is clumsy compared to the Mackintosh. But FLW did design some superb chairs. See both here:
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or rather:
Ah yes if I recall correctly Charles Limbert was also the first to fly across the Atlantic....mjh
Too subtle for me, Mike.
Steve
Thanks to everyone for the pointers. Despite Googling, I had not been able to turn up the Wright chairs ;-).
The austere tall straight ones were what I had in mind, but I am much impressed at the achievement of the lumbar curve by bending the central back slats rather than cutting the curve into the frame:
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that's a design!
Bill
Ummmm, I think you might be a bit confused here... I never posted the original thread...
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:33:31 GMT, "Mike Hide" brought forth from the murky depths:
I thought he was a stinky German cheesemaker. (Or was that a German maker of stinky cheese?)
- They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it. -Confucius ---
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