Does Anyone Know Anything About This Chair...

[zabet]

Got it for $10 at an estate sale....my big fat cat thinks I purchased it for her...she was not happy that I reclined it for the pic...

The legs are wrapped in brass, all of the screw plugs are brass, real leather and good wood...very very comfortable...

[grasswire]

1. what does that label on the side say?

And are there other markings? Wow. It looks very interesting.

[zabet]

2. Don't know if that label is for the metal recliner frame or for the whole chair..

it says:

Reclinomatic
TEL 464945 AP.AEREO 5188
Medellin.Columbia

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Medellin, Colombia, huh? Interesting, indeed.

That was the heart of the cocaine trade in the 80s and 90s ..... Pablo Escobar's home town.

That, of course, has nothing to do with the chair, which looks like it would be contemporary to Stickley.

[japple]

10. That chair could be an early 80'S drug "mule." What are the

cushions stuffed with?

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Looks like an adaption to the Gustav Stickley original reclining chair c. 1902

Would say your chair is more likely made in the 1970s.
Has an adaptive Craftsman style to it.

[zabet]

4. I thought it resembled Stickley but, I knew it wasn't...

still a good buy for $10. This thing weighs a ton!! :o

I am just curious as to where it was made. Colombia is the only 'place' listed anywhere on the chair.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Some Info

There's a contact button at the link.
You could srite to them and send your pic. They have a pic attachment feature at the contact site.
(would reduce it in size a little for that ;) )

Good Luck! :hi:

http://www.alibaba.com/company/10178931.html

Since of 1964 Reclinomatic Ltda. Is the only factory of recliner home chairs in Colombia. We are the first manufacturers and distributors in Colombia, with 20.000 units per year.
We export to United States and Caribean islands.

on edit:
Yours looks to be a predecessor to this chair they currenly produce


http://www.reclinomatic.com/index_eng.htm

And here's the main page at their English website
http://www.reclinomatic.com/index_eng.htm

Catalogue Page:
http://www.reclinomatic.com/index_eng.htm

[zabet]

8. Thank you!!!

Great links! :hi:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

7. i don't know anything about the chair but your cat and mine

could almost be twins. mine is a little more orange colored, but other than that they're pretty identical.

[zabet]

9. Mine thinks she is Queen of the household...

any new piece of furniture (like the chair) she claims it as her own and DARES anyone to touch it. :rofl:

[1Hippiechick]

12. I love the way your cat is cutting her eyes - almost like "I DARE ya!" lol

Just found this forum and HAD to comment on kitty.....

[Swagman]

11. very nice-but all chairs belong to cats.

[eleny]

13. So true!

We uncovered a chaise lounge on the back patio and it didn't take but a few hours before a neighbor's cat hopped on for a curl up.

[NMDemDist2]

14. I bought new cushions for the patio chairs on the front porch

but I've outsmarted the cats, I fold the cushions up over the backs when I don't actually have my butt planted in them

:rofl: