Chair Identification

Q: I am looking for information on this chair. I recently inherited it from my mother. I used your identification guide, but I’m not clear if I am interpreting it correctly. What can you tell me from this mark? A: This is an English registry mark. It was used on metal, wood, glass, and ceramics […]

Mid-Century IKEA Armchair Gets Record Price

Swedish-based Ikea is famous for large, warehouse-like stores designed precisely to steer consumers through hundreds of room vignettes filled with affordable furniture and accessories. But at a November sale by the Swedish auction house Stadautkion Sundsvall, a world record price was set for a rare 1958 Ikea armchair. A copy—one of only five made—of the […]