2 Chairs, Kensington, Lurelle Guild Aluminum, 1950s,Set

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As I said in the beginning blogs when I started this thing I wanted to talk about mid-century modern furniture. I have these two Kensington Aluminum chairs and I would appreciate any comment or info anyone has about them.  The info i have found out so far is that they were from the 1950's and they were from Alcoa when aluminum was a "new metal". I found an old magazine ad about them. They two chairs that I have were purchased at a school  but they look pretty fancy for a students chair.


So anyone out there that has info about these chairs let me know. They are for sale but I haven't decided on the price yet because they are so rare and unusual. Lurelle Guild, is that the designer, or design line????????

Comments

Anonymous said…
I bought a complete vintage set over the summer - table and 8! chairs. The table is 5 feet without the leaves, plus 3 leaves at 12 inches each. My chairs have the original upholstery which is white, and I don't think leather, but a vinyl type material. The dealer I bought the set from said that this is an extremely rare design. Kensington primarily made table top accessories out of aluminum. They didn't produce many of the table/dining set. I might be interested in purchasing your two chairs. I'll check if there is another way to contact you - I don't want to leave my contact info here.
September 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM
ethnojunkie said…
Guild is the designer. See Matthew Bird’s talk on Guild on YouTube. Tons of good info that I’m sure you will enjoy. Especially being the owner of these two fine chairs.

Link:
https://youtu.be/5ilqxsy3Zxg
December 17, 2020 at 4:28 PM
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