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IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
The entire text and all illustrations connected with this web page are the original copyrighted property of USM Inc. and may not be used by others for any purpose without first executing a licensing agreement and paying the appropriate fee to USM Inc. The Wewelsburg™ Chair tradename is property of USM Inc. © 2009.
The entire text and all illustrations connected with this web page are the original copyrighted property of USM Inc. and may not be used by others for any purpose without first executing a licensing agreement and paying the appropriate fee to USM Inc. The Wewelsburg™ Chair tradename is property of USM Inc. © 2009.
The Wewelsburg™ Chair reproduction offered for sale here is a collaboration between German born and educated Meistertischler (Master Furniture Maker) Andreas Gronemann and American authors and researchers Ray and Josephine Cowdery. The Cowderys have probably spent more time in, at and around Wewelsburg and its historic castle over the past 25 years than any other American, and Gronemann has produced an enormous body of finely handcrafted reproductions of antique European woodwork in Germany and America over the past couple of decades.
WEWELSBURG™ CHAIR
IS HAND NUMBERED AND SIGNED
BY ANDREAS GRONEMANN
Every Wewelsburg™ Chair is manufactured by hand out of the finest oak wood, genuine full-grain leather and solid brass by craftsmen under the direct supervision of German trained Meistertischler Andreas Gronemann.
In their long study of the Third Reich and its history and personalities, Ray and Josephine Cowdery have visited Wewelsburg Castle dozens of times since the mid-1980s. Those visits led to contacts with others who had Wewelsburg information and artifacts to share.
The Cowderys realized that many people, museums, collectors and institutions would be willing to purchase reproductions of the Wewelsburg™ Chair if a high quality version could be manufactured and offered at a reasonable price.
Meeting Meistertischler Andreas Gronemann in Berlin, Germany in 1994 renewed the interest the Cowderys had in the chairs, and when Gronemann moved to America in 2002 the project was often discussed. Early in 2009 a collaboration began between Andreas Gronemann and the Cowderys to produce a fine, affordable reproduction of the Wewelsburg™ Chair.
A wooden prototype was built, carved, remeasured, rebuilt and re-carved until it met with the approval of Meistertischler Andreas Gronemann.
Dies for the reproduction brasses were made and the parts were stamped (not cast) in quantity on old-world equipment from pure brass sheet metal. A craftsman with over 30 years experience was found to upholster the chairs with the finest quality genuine full-grain leather. No expense was spared in making sure that the reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chair had the look and feel of the original chairs of the Great Hall at Wewelsburg Castle.
Dies for the reproduction brasses were made and the parts were stamped (not cast) in quantity on old-world equipment from pure brass sheet metal. A craftsman with over 30 years experience was found to upholster the chairs with the finest quality genuine full-grain leather. No expense was spared in making sure that the reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chair had the look and feel of the original chairs of the Great Hall at Wewelsburg Castle.
Thru 1 December 2009 the offering price of each reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chair will be US$1495.00 FOB Rapid City, South Dakota. Because the prices of solid oak wood, full-grain leather and brass fluctuate, we can not guarantee that price for orders placed after 1 December 2009.
| To place an order for one or more reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chairs, follow these simple steps: 1) send us an e-mail including your name and address, telling us how many chairs you wish to order. We will confirm the order by e-mail and tell you approximately when the chair(s) will be ready for shipment and the approximate cost of outbound shipping. 2) Within five days of receipt of our e-mail order confirmation you need to send a 50% deposit or full-payment for each chair ordered by check or money order to: |
PO Box 2600 Rapid City, SD 57709-2600 USA |
Upon receipt of either 50% down payment or full payment for each chair ordered, your chair(s) will be placed in production and we will tell you when we expect that they will be ready for shipment. If you made a 50% deposit on reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chair(s), the other 50% (balance) is due PRIOR to shipment. If you have any other questions regarding the reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chair, feel free to e-mail and we will respond in a timely manner. |
The series number and signature he puts on the label on the bottom of each chair is his certification that that chair’s construction and quality live up to standards in material and workmanship set more than 70 years ago when the first similar chairs were custom-made at the direction of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler for the Great Hall in the SS Order Castle at Wewelsburg, Germany (photo left).
brief history of
Reichsführer-SS
Heinrich Himmler's
Wewelsburg Castle.
Each reproduction Wewelsburg™ Chair is 45 inches tall. The softly padded leather seat is 20-1/2 inches above the floor. The seat is 16 inches wide at the back, 20 inches wide at the front, and is 17 inches deep from front to back.
The front of the chair back has a padded leather area measuring about 14 x 16 inches with 4 x 6 inch SS runes burned into the leather just like on the original chairs at Wewelsburg. On the front of each oak stile between the padded leather back and the padded leather seat are six interconnected swastikas deeply carved into the solid oak. Each chairs weighs just over 40 pounds.
SS - WEWELSBURG GREAT HALL CHAIRS
SUPERB REPRODUCTIONS
OF ULTRA-RARE
GREAT HALL CHAIRS
FROM THE
SS ORDER CASTLE
AT WEWELSBURG IN
SOLID OAK, SOLID BRASS
AND SUMPTUOUS
GENUINE LEATHER
OF ULTRA-RARE
GREAT HALL CHAIRS
FROM THE
SS ORDER CASTLE
AT WEWELSBURG IN
SOLID OAK, SOLID BRASS
AND SUMPTUOUS
GENUINE LEATHER
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