RE: [F_minor] Reproduction of GG's Chair??

["Miranda Carnessale" <mapleleafm@hotmail.com>]

This chair defines the word novelty.
Did you catch the part about the improvements they've made?

"In a short period of time what had to be preserved, what had to be 
renounced to and what had to be improved were selected.

No longer are there marked stigmata, abandoned iron wire, bundles of 
adhesive tape, old corrective screws and jacks. In return the original shape 
and the glossy aspect of the varnish have remained. The original idea of the 
cushion for the seating has also been recovered; it is in pale green 
leather."

Although I've never seen Gould's chair in person, I'm quite certain that the 
omitted characteristics were the most endearing aspects of the original!  
How could the manufacturer deprive us of the chair's most eccentric 
ornamentation?

Last year I found an old, wooden, low-sitting folding chair on the side of 
the road.  The chair's quite worn- partially stripped of veneer, and the 
cushion's missing, so my bottom has no support while I sit on it.  I'd like 
to imagine that its demeanor resembles qualities of Mr. Gould's chair, in 
that over the years, wear and tear has granted it a personality of its own.  
I think I'll pass on the replica, save my money, and spend it instead on a 
trip to visit the museum that houses the one and only...

Miranda






> From: "MJ Watts" <mj.accounts@gmail.com>
> To: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
> Subject: [F_minor] Reproduction of GG's Chair??
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:47:02 -0500
>
> There is a company that appears to be producing replicas of GG's folding
> chair:
> http://www.glenngould-chair.com/inglese/home.htm
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