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Featherston Numero IV high-back chairs- AU $895 EACH.

This suite is being sold by a private seller based in Preston, MELBOURNE but can be easily transported Australia-wide for a reasonable fee. My estimate is about $280 to get all 3 chairs to Sydney (to help you gauge freight prices). I personally photographed and worked with this suite.

Provenance & Background Information

(Updated in 2023).

Definitely one of Featherston’s most heralded designs and in recent years it has also become one of his most collectable. These are HOT property at the moment- the demand for Numero IV furniture has been very high for some time now. Prices have skyrocketed in recent years (and are set to keep going up too). I have to come clean and will freely admit I never understood the hype around this design over the last 10 years or so until I got to experience it again in the flesh recently. This is a seriously cool design and sooooo unique! I love the fun, relaxed style of this iconic Featherston design. The design lends itself to any colour really. I’ve seen Numero IV suites look sensational in soft, lime-green but just as amazing in orange or bright yellow- even textured grey fabrics look very classy too. And of course, we’ve all seen them re-upholstered in white boucle for a bit of fun, class and modern-opulence all rolled into one.

The fact these are lightweight chairs and so easy to move around, caps off a really clever design in my eyes. You can set these up in many configurations- the possibilities are endless- you can really go for a unique, fun look for your space because they all separate so easily. When friends come over (or you’re having a meeting with your staff) everyone can grab their own chair and put it wherever they want in the room within seconds. And then move it back to how it suits the space before they leave, with NO difficulty … no stress.

The thing that ended up really selling this design to me in the end is the construction quality. This is NOT just resilient moulded foam as I’ve been led to believe for so many years, but it has steel webbing contained within the foam and a steel frame to support the seat structure. The foam is most likely latex or has a high latex content- it is specified on the Featherston Archives website as being “resilient moulded foam” (their words .. not mine … I don’t really know what it is to be honest!). The foam certainly is certainly resilient. These suites are now nearing 50 years old and I’ve never seen any problem with this foam ever- it just seems to keep on going … and going. The steel seat structure also makes for a comfortable chair. Yes- it’s relaxed comfort but you are held in an excellent seating position. Perfect for long work-meetings, people with bad backs and watching Netflix for hours on end at home. The comfort is suitable for any application.

Final thing that needs discussion is the investment appeal on offer here. Featherston is probably Australia’s most celebrated designer EVER and this is one of his most popular designs (over his illustrious 50-year-career in design). Some contour chairs are now fetching $6000 each for the standard R160 model and over $10,000 for his really RARE designs (that have never been replicated or re-issued). The investment appeal here is a no-brainer- there’s a long way for these to go before they reach anywhere close to $6000 per chair! And if the R160s are getting $6000 there’s no reason why this design can’t get prices like that in the future. I found an old iNVISeDGE listing I did back in 2005 (poorly written so it didn’t help me much today!) … it was for a pair of high-back chairs- those sold in an ebay auction for $495 for BOTH CHAIRS- $250 each- (just the single EBAY bid)! (And the condition of the fabric was SENSATIONAL too!). If that doesn’t prove the investment appeal on offer here, you’re not the right buyer and move along please! These have rapidly appreciated in value since 2010. More recently I’ve seen the high-back chairs priced on ebay at $2,000 each.

It’s a good opportunity to have 3 chairs available at the same time too. In a small apartment, this would be an ideal suite and great investment. Push all 3 together to save space but you’ve still got 3 separate lounge chairs to use- very practical!

This design ticks EVERY box and resoundingly so- PLUS it’s a very astute investment. Quality vintage design constantly appreciates in value (if you buy right)- it’s a win/win for everybody… for you, our environment and our local community (ALL iNVISeDGE staff and support businesses are 100% LOCAL!). There’s no better way I can think of to invest in your home and the future of our environment (whenever you invest in vintage furniture, you’re doing your part in reducing future landfill).

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ALL of these pieces are in excellent vintage condition. The structure of the chairs is all perfect and the resilient moulded foam is also in excellent condition- nothing that warrants a mention- no weird smells etc. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The plastic bases are all solid and very secure on the underside of each piece. The covers are a simple drawstring set-up where it's the drawstring that pulls the cover on tightly. The covers can sit under each corner of the plastic bases to further keep them in place. Picture drawstring shorts that prevent you from losing your pants in the surf and having to walk up the beach naked! This is same idea- the upholstery job can’t be difficult. I’m going to say this is an easy unpicking job to get the pattern and then a quick sew-up. It’s the drawstring that’s doing the hard work here (not the upholsterer). _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The current upholstery is about 50 years old and looks it- it may not appear that way in the photos though. Make no mistake these chairs are ripe and ready for re-upholstery. If you have no money, you can definitely use the suite as is and it’s completely serviceable but the current upholstery is looking old- it’s overall okay but not as glamourous as should look. And the poo-brown colour is plain WRONG! This should be looking fun and/or classy looking- not like some oversized cow pat! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ALL 3 lower back chairs retain the original Uniroyal labels. The ottoman has no label. One higher back chair certainly has NO label. If I can remember rightly the label has come off both the high backs (I can’t remember now). If you need to know with certainly, let me know and I’ll ask my vendor. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dimensions. Please contact us for the dimensions.      
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