Description
SOLD IN THE FIRST DAY THEY WERE LISTED- $3,000 for all 6 chairs. Note- these chairs had some signs of use, hence the lower sale price.
Price is $3,000 for all 6 chairs. The leather has a bit of wear but they present very well overall. The frames are all in brilliant condition. This is the most desirable colour that Rufenacht did these chairs in- neutral but still fresh.
LOCATION- being sold under consignment by a regular iNVISeDGE seller in Geelong, South of MELBOURNE. Delivery Australia-wide can be arranged for a reasonable additional price, and we are able to organise every aspect of the sale to ensure a seamless transaction for you. (Delivery of all 6 chairs to Sydney would be about $320- to give you an idea of freight prices.)
Provenance and Background Info
Written in 2024
After being in this business for 23 years I believe that Joe Rufenacht furniture is the BEST furniture I’ve ever come across. I personally own 12 Rufenacht dining chairs- 6 are in my apartment and I have another 6 in storage in case I ever want to extend my suite. I’ve owned and used Rufenacht dining chairs for over 4 years now and love this furniture more now than I ever have. So much so, that someone recently asked me if I’d sell my own Rufenacht dining chairs and they offered me an astronomical sum of money for them but I just couldn’t imagine letting them go. When you have the best (and in the colours and tones that suit your home)- why would you ever let them go? The extra money means nothing if you then have to bring something else into your home that you don’t like half as much. And it’s not just the stunning look and designer style that makes me love them more and more every day; EVERY box gets a resounding tick.
The quality and workmanship is exceptional. The investment appeal is also exceptional. But it’s the comfort that comes up trumps! These are AMAZINGLY comfortable to sit in- you can have leisurely dinner parties in these chairs and relax in them for HOURS! (And I’m talking from first-hand experience here.) I even have a Rufenacht dining chair as my desk chair- after sitting in this chair for 10 hours a day (on many days and yes I’m sitting in it right now as I type this!), I can honestly and confidently say I don’t think I will ever part with my Rufenacht chairs … for as long as I live!
The vintage leather is also pure luxury- the AUSTRALIAN-MADE cushioning is just perfection. This VINTAGE Howe leather is some of the best QUALITY leather ever made- the leather on this set is still in excellent condition overall after being solidly used for about 40 years! There is now a vintage Howe Leather pamphlet on the iNVISeDGE website. Type, “Howe Leather Brochure” into the SEARCH box on our website to find it. This information booklet outlines the reasons why FULL-GRAIN leather is far superior to every other leather on the market and “Howe” to look after full-grain leather so it will last another 40 years!
There was a time in the late 1970’s when Rufenacht had won more furniture design awards than anybody else in this country. Rufenacht was a stickler for quality- he was fastidious about furniture. He created a chair from scratch- tested it, had other people test it, mulled over it for some time, made adjustments, went back and made another chair from scratch, tested it again … and so on. He did this 40 times for his swivel lounge chair! It is no wonder he kept winning design awards.
Quality gets a big tick, comfort is well and truly ticked (they will probably be the most comfortable dining chairs you’ll ever own), they look amazing too- this leaves us with investment appeal. I get Rufenacht furniture very rarely anymore- Rufenacht furniture has been “discovered” (by other vintage furniture sellers)- as a result, it’s now tightly held onto. Very little reaches the secondary market these days and when it does, people quickly see that these chairs are still selling for LESS than Parker dining chairs when there’s NO comparison between the two. Chairs by Joe Rufenacht easily come up trumps. They EXCEED the standard of Parker chairs in every way and are much harder to get compared to Parker chairs. The best Parker dining chairs are now selling for $750 each in many shops which means the investment appeal on offer here is a no-brainer. The quality leather alone separates these from virtually everything else out there.
These chairs should inspire us all and show us the way forward. Most modern furniture is made with little respect for the earth’s resources and even less for the workers who make them. If these chairs were made today in Australia, iNVISeDGE would still promote them but the fact that they are vintage (and no longer in production) makes them even more special. When you INVEST in items such as Rufenacht furniture there’s no better way to reduce landfill and your carbon footprint. If these chairs are used with some sense, there’s no reason why they won’t last another 40 years or more … becoming more valued each time they are passed to a new set of hands and then an entirely new generation.
2407, 2402 and 2001
