Post #497640 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Dec 6, 2009 10:32 AM

On 2009-12-06 09:22, Unga Bunga wrote:
Looks like Aztec.

It is noteworthy that, in the only only catalog photo I have found of this baby, from 1968, it is actually called "Female Tiki Chair". Witco did not use the Tiki moniker that often:

Can someone please grab that group photo of e-bay and post it here? The problem with those weathered chairs is not only that they lack the upholstery, but they lack love. As I mentioned to David recently, the same Witco piece can look quite different, depending on which employee swung the chain saw at the time.

Even the one I found at the Chin Tiki was a little weak in the leg part:

I really want one, too, but it has to be a good one, like this one:

I like the blue/gold Tapa fabric better than the loud-color flower one, too. Note that not only the seat cushion is missing on the e-bay ones, but the strip on the chair back, which seems important to separate the hair.

I don't think they made the unisex version as shown in the sketch:

And the chairs at the Kahiki are not Tiki Vahine chair, sorry, Jack: