Went for a walk with my daughter and when we got back someone ate my apartment had left this by the dumpster. Herman Miller Aeron chair. Missing an arm. Thank you. I used to have one but left it with my ex. Weird thing is I have an extra arm there, just hope it’s the ‘right’ one. Pun intended

 

Was it broken or just missing?

It’s crazy someone would just dump this!!

 

That's like finding money. Even as parts those things have value. Nice score!

 

Now that is a deal! I bought a 2nd hand Aeron size C in Titanium off of Craigslist in 2013 for $350. In 2014 I started working from home full time, so I've put over 10,000 hours of sitting into it, and it still looks like new, and I am NOT a small guy. These chairs are built to last.

 

missing. I didn’t look in the dumpster, maybe I should. The one I left behind I got about 20 years ago. Still looks new. They’re made of recycled 2 liter PET Coke bottles

 

Can't beat the original though.

 

Eames design I believe. 4 legs classic!

 

These two fellahs are also dumpster dives.
I found them in front of our local library on our street one rainy evening.
I did some research and found out they date from 1957, which is not so coincidentally the year the library was inaugurated.
They were not in the best of shape as would be expected of a chair being in a public library for 63 years: dirty, legs detached, and lots of chewing gum under the seat. Maybe there was a wad from Whitey Bulger - who grew up in this neighborhood. The library has a whole bunch of these from that year, in several colors too.
I put quite a bit of TLC to get them into the shape your see here but it was worth it IMO.

 

I take the arms off of office chairs. Just get in the way.

Tom

 

Well if we're showing dumpster Eames chairs.

Here's mine as well. Had the stock H-base so I threw on a repro rocker. Currently sitting in it now, but with the vintage rolling desk-chair base instead.

 

great find

 

the material and thus the underlying foam look remarkably good. Nice find. New thread, amazing dumpster finds

 

Bounty to the first one to find me an Ekornes Stressless recliner!

Tom

 

BTW I like the little detail lines in your floor. Very retro

 

I found one years ago at Salvation Army but it was so beat it wasn’t worth fixing

 

That's another story. According to city papers my house dates from 1899. I have been here for over 7 years and always thought it was correct. Well, recently I found a terrific site of online historical maps of Boston with detailed atlases of streets and properties. Curiosity got me so I looked at various old maps and realize the house is shown in the 1899, 1884 and 1874 maps! Since the owner's name is also shown on the maps for each property, I Googled the name and address and found an entry in a city registry of 1870. So the house is actually several decades older than I originally thought.

 

that’s cool. I love old homes and history

 

watch the Craigslist free section, have seen two for free this year.

 

Milwaukee area is full of people who are frugal (cheap).

But good advice!

Tom

 

I have a spare arm if the one you have is not correct