Safari seats from pre ww2

According to the last owner coming from Dutch Indonesia in the late fifties and already in the family in the late 20ties in there Indonesian plantation . Swivel backside and took away some 7 layers of fabric . Paint was lead paint and the first layer on it . The material on the photo is the first layer I found so must the original . Was spanned with ropes on the seats original .

So a bit altered but are the Dutch or Scandinavian or ? Who is able to read the basics off the seat construction ? And what is the wood as like teak or ?

 

May very well have originated there. The wood does look like it is teak. Not sure what constitutes a safari chair. Somewhat similar to British colonial campaign chairs but since it doesn't break down could not be considered such.

http://www.campaignfurniture.com/archivesdetailspage.asp?stockNo=7860

 

It was Kaare Klint from Denmark who made them in his design in the thirties . But my seats are earlier so who was the designer off the swivelled backrest ? It has been said that Klint would be the inventor off that construction with the two bolts as turning point .

The roughness off the wood is my fault because I took the paint off with a caustic soda solution

 

They're most likely to have been made locally, possibly copying a design book or a catalogue.

 

No clue yet but hope time will tell but I don't think there made locally .

 

Vast amounts of furniture were made in Colonial British and other countries, such as Dutch Indonesia. I see no reason why this would not have been - the wood looks right for a start. Labour and materials were cheap and it was much more economical than shipping furniture out. I do think you've done them no good at all with that stripping.