The company was one of Denmark's foremost manufacturers of furniture, for whom many of the great Danish designers worked. The name was later changed to France & Son when Julian France joined his father's company. Poul Cadovius bought the company in 1964, and it became known as CADO.
While these beauties still maintain their original upholstery and springed cushions, we just got them back from being completely refinished. They're going to make some home radiate orange happiness.
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| Ole Wanscher armchairs for France & Daverkosen |
Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks! We were really fortunate to get these.
DeleteYou almost never see upholstery in that great of shape! Looks like the refinish turned out great as well. Bet these don't last look...
ReplyDeleteI was amazed at the condition of the upholstery too, especially since they are early Wanscher, from about 1956.
Deleteamazing condition and beautiful chairs...:)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see your smiling face in the comments! I've missed seeing you.
DeleteI am recovering..thank you for looking out for me :)
DeleteWow, those are nice. I love orange, not too much of it, but I think everyone needs a little orange in their home. Those look pretty comfy too.
ReplyDeleteThe springed cushions are super comfy, and I agree with you that everyone needs a pop of orange somewhere!
DeleteThose chairs are quite lovely! I do love myself some orange.
ReplyDeleteI just saw this post today, 9/18, and it made me look at a chair I got at the flea market for $50. It has the France and Son logo on it plus John Stuart Inc. The FF logo has something else in script that maybe starts with a C and then what looks like a serial number. Any hints on how to track this thing down?
ReplyDeleteI'd just type every conceivable descriptive word (i.e. France and Son, arm chair, teak...or whatever is appropriate) into a Google search and then look through Google images till I found the chair. That's the way we do our searches. Often it's very time-consuming. If you get no results at first, you have to eliminate terms and add new ones till you come up with the combination that turns up the chair. If you see chairs that are similar and a designer is listed, then you search by his/her name. You can spend literally hours...days even...trying to identify a piece of furniture.
DeleteAll that said, you may not find it at all. And then, six months from now, when you least expect it, you'll be searching for something else and find the chair. This is the process mid-century dealers go through every single day. :)
Good luck!