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Cherner chairs were a Dumpster find
QCTimes ^
| July 17, 2011
| Alma Gall
Posted on 07/17/2011 3:49:07 PM PDT by Daffynition
You never know what you'll find next to a Dumpster.
That's where Chris Gulley of Rock Island spotted two authentic Cherner chairs, designed in 1958 by Norman Cherner and manufactured by the former Plycraft Inc. of Lawrence, Mass.
Gulley didn't know that immediately, though, on that day about 11 years ago when he was driving down Harrison Street in Davenport. All he knew is that the two chairs he saw sitting next to a Dumpster in an alley were very unusual-looking and that he wanted them.
"I knew instantly they were special, and I about killed us both turning the car around and getting back to them," he says. "I was nervous somebody else would get there first or that the people who threw them out would change their mind."
He discovered that they were Cherners when he got them home, turned them over and found a small gold identifying label on the bottom.
The Cherner chair is regarded as one of the most dramatic designs using the technology of molded plywood. The seat and back are a single shell connected by a slim and sturdy throat. Slender laminated legs and a solid wood arm with a graceful curve complete the design.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Hobbies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chair; chairs; cherner; cherners; dumpster; find
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To: freedumb2003
“Whats next, Dumpster Wars?”
That would make a great show if it could be done right!
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:02:31 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
To: HereInTheHeartland
>>That would make a great show if it could be done right!<<
You are my witness I invented here and now!
:)
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:14:59 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: Flycatcher
Did you go back to that boulder? It may have returned to familiar territory and is waiting...
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:22:53 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
To: Daffynition
To: Smokin' Joe
Cherner® Armchair
$699.00 - $1,149.00USD
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:30:24 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Flycatcher
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:32:10 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Flycatcher
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:32:31 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Daffynition
Yikes, those are some ugly chairs!
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:33:54 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: bigbob
Gaydar alert!
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:35:16 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Daffynition
I wouldn’t want to sit on them, but the wood grain is pretty. I like his floor.
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:40:09 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(When politicians are "civil," the Republic is threatened.)
To: Smokin' Joe
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:40:36 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: The Cajun
Technically not a dumpster find, but found a sideboard similar to this by the side of the road.
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:40:38 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: The Cajun
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:42:29 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:45:18 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Lazlo in PA
In the spring, dumpsters at college dorms are a goldmine, so I’m told.
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:47:10 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Daffynition
Is there a point to this picture?
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:47:21 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(1776 to 2011, 235 years and counting in the GRAND EXPERIMENT!)
To: Daffynition
chris gulley
head waiter at red crow grille
Davenport, Iowa
When Gulley found his chairs, the seats and back were covered with a kind of orange upholstery that he subsequently removed. He then sanded and varnished the wood
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:48:24 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:48:56 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: Daffynition
That’s there is a throwing chair, you throw it at your enemy :^)
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posted on
07/17/2011 5:49:29 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
To: SES1066
A-OK. ;)
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posted on
07/17/2011 6:02:47 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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