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witco chairs on ebay not mine
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Wed, Dec 2, 2009 5:21 PM
Seems like a pretty good deal if your local,buy it now even$250 |
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KiltedTiki
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Wed, Dec 2, 2009 5:55 PM
are these really witco? |
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1961surf
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Wed, Dec 2, 2009 6:18 PM
Funky |
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Tipsy McStagger
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Wed, Dec 2, 2009 6:37 PM
they are witco....there were a couple of them at the old chin tiki in detroit..... |
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sneakyjack
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Thu, Dec 3, 2009 5:07 AM
yep they is witco there are 2 near the bathrooms at Hala Kahiki. These 4 are missing the cushions. Decent price but those chairs are big and heavy! |
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teaKEY
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Thu, Dec 3, 2009 2:20 PM
They are in Tiki Modern with a photo of the wooden chair and a drawing of the chair. I would so love one but being in Michigan won't help that out. |
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 10:32 AM
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: |
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Bora Boris
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 10:49 AM
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KiltedTiki
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 12:06 PM
I live near Tulare, I made an offer, been coutered, not much less than sell for price, I don't have the room for them, wife hates them, what should I do? |
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bigbrotiki
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 12:11 PM
Thanks, Boris. Yeah: Though these ones are undoubtedly great pieces of pop art, in comparison to the ones above their proportions and expressions are less appealing. They look like a bunch of church chairs, depicting natives who have been chastised by the missionaries. |
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bigbrotiki
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 12:19 PM
Yup, these are the classic hated-by-wifey items. I would wait for a Witco piece that is really worth having to deal with an antagonized spouse . :D |
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 2:37 PM
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sneakyjack
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Sun, Dec 6, 2009 7:39 PM
Here are a few more shot for you bigbro- I know where these live! Remember that Squiggy fountain? |
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