Did electrolux in the US have the hassock/seat chest for storage of the vacuum like we had at one time in Canada?? I've been trying to get more info on them and am coming up short. We had them in Canada, but they have long been discontinued. They were usually a brown leatherette covering on them. Were the US versions the same as the Canadian. For a good used one, what would be a fair price??
Electrolux vacuum hassock/seat chest
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Yes they did, but they were not as fabulous as some of the Canadian ones I've seen, e.g. the beautiful white and maroon ZB88 hassock.
I've seen U.S. versions in maroon, green, brown, tan and gray.
They were sold as an optional accessory by Electrolux. The construction and materials of hassocks for several different brands was the same, so I believe they were made by the same company and provided in different sizes as applicable -- Electrolux, Lewyt, Royal, Apex, and several others were all the same. Other brands such as Compact, Eureka and Filter Queen also had hassocks but they were of different construction.
I've seen U.S. versions in maroon, green, brown, tan and gray.
They were sold as an optional accessory by Electrolux. The construction and materials of hassocks for several different brands was the same, so I believe they were made by the same company and provided in different sizes as applicable -- Electrolux, Lewyt, Royal, Apex, and several others were all the same. Other brands such as Compact, Eureka and Filter Queen also had hassocks but they were of different construction.
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btw, the Electrolux you see here came to me just like this -- a complete set, sent by a nice lady. It had been her mother's. I have not changed it since receiving it since it was so beautiful and complete. Note the white-bristle dusting brush; that's the one that came with it; ditto for the new-style plastic-covered rug tool.
In the two pockets are cleaning rags, the instruction booklet, and a lambs-wool pad for the air-powered polisher. Which obviously indicates there was one with this at one time, but it got lost somewhere along the way. So I did add one from my collection, with the appropriate dark turquoise rubber trim, just for the sake of completing the ensemble.
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The machine you're referring to is a Swedish-made Wilfa from the mid 1950s.
I received this most wonderful vacuum cleaner as a gift from my friends Ronnie and Ingeborg Galaasen of Norway!
Ever since I met the Galaasens via the Internet and saw some of their wonderful and beautifully styled vacuum cleaners, I fell in love with the Wilfa and told them so.
Imagine my delighted thrill when I came home one day and saw a large brown-paper-wrapped package on my porch ... that had come all the way from Norway!
http://www.137.com/galaasen/
I received this most wonderful vacuum cleaner as a gift from my friends Ronnie and Ingeborg Galaasen of Norway!
Ever since I met the Galaasens via the Internet and saw some of their wonderful and beautifully styled vacuum cleaners, I fell in love with the Wilfa and told them so.
Imagine my delighted thrill when I came home one day and saw a large brown-paper-wrapped package on my porch ... that had come all the way from Norway!
http://www.137.com/galaasen/
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LOL - Hi Pete - it was me.
OK - seat chest information - here goes. Although I've never found one I understand there was a seat chest made for the model 55. The first ones I have seen were made for the early 88 / 86 / 83 - you had the choice of grey and maroon, eggshell and red, eggshell and green or plain eggshell. Later a beige and black chest was introduced then an eggshell and brown chest. By the end of the 88 run the colors were creme, caramel and sepia. The sepia continued to be used through the runs of the 89, 100, 200, 280 and E2000.
All of these chests, as well as ones for Rexair, Filter Queen, Kenmore and Compact were made by Chatham Fabrics in Chatham, Ontario. Even after Electrolux discontinued them Chatham Fabrics still had them available in their brochure untill the company closed sometime in the late 1990's or early 2000's (I was in contact with them around 1994/5 and they were still going but no sign of them now)
Hope that helps.
Doug
OK - seat chest information - here goes. Although I've never found one I understand there was a seat chest made for the model 55. The first ones I have seen were made for the early 88 / 86 / 83 - you had the choice of grey and maroon, eggshell and red, eggshell and green or plain eggshell. Later a beige and black chest was introduced then an eggshell and brown chest. By the end of the 88 run the colors were creme, caramel and sepia. The sepia continued to be used through the runs of the 89, 100, 200, 280 and E2000.
All of these chests, as well as ones for Rexair, Filter Queen, Kenmore and Compact were made by Chatham Fabrics in Chatham, Ontario. Even after Electrolux discontinued them Chatham Fabrics still had them available in their brochure untill the company closed sometime in the late 1990's or early 2000's (I was in contact with them around 1994/5 and they were still going but no sign of them now)
Hope that helps.
Doug
Green hassock...
Charlie I still remember when I was little my neighbor (a single old lady) had a BEAUTIFUL Model G that she kept in a green hassock at the bottom of her stairs. That machine was pristine. She didn't use it much because she said it was too heavy and she just couldn't lift it. I used to go over to her house and vacuum for her just so I could use it. She always offered to pay me but I wouldn't let her. The funny thing is, her whole house was full of thick carpeting, but she kept the PN-1 power nozzle in a closet up on the third floor; it rarely saw use. I could never understand why she didn't use it. Oh well, when I came over to vacuum I made sure it got used.
Anyways, I remember that she used to keep the hose plugged into the vacuum when she put it away in the hassock which caused it to bend at a very sharp angle where it plugged into the machine. I made sure when I got done using it to never leave the hose plugged in so it would not see anymore damage. Luckily though, even though the hose was not stored properly for so many years, it did not leak. It was completely sealed. When she passed away many years ago, her family took the vacuum up to a cabin in the woods that she owned so they could use it during the summer months when they stayed up there. I wonder if it is still there???
Charlie I still remember when I was little my neighbor (a single old lady) had a BEAUTIFUL Model G that she kept in a green hassock at the bottom of her stairs. That machine was pristine. She didn't use it much because she said it was too heavy and she just couldn't lift it. I used to go over to her house and vacuum for her just so I could use it. She always offered to pay me but I wouldn't let her. The funny thing is, her whole house was full of thick carpeting, but she kept the PN-1 power nozzle in a closet up on the third floor; it rarely saw use. I could never understand why she didn't use it. Oh well, when I came over to vacuum I made sure it got used.
Anyways, I remember that she used to keep the hose plugged into the vacuum when she put it away in the hassock which caused it to bend at a very sharp angle where it plugged into the machine. I made sure when I got done using it to never leave the hose plugged in so it would not see anymore damage. Luckily though, even though the hose was not stored properly for so many years, it did not leak. It was completely sealed. When she passed away many years ago, her family took the vacuum up to a cabin in the woods that she owned so they could use it during the summer months when they stayed up there. I wonder if it is still there???charles~richard
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I knew a lady (also a "single old lady" and suspiciously mannish, haha!), who had a turquoise G in a green hassock. She kept it on her glass-jalousie-enclosed back porch, with the power nozzle standing next to the hassock, and a matching B8 polisher & shampooer standing next to the power nozzle!
She called the power nozzle the "pounder." She had acres of ankle-thick turquoise carpet. It was so much fun to use that power nozzle across all that carpeting!
In one of the pockets in the lid of the green hassock I found a model LX instruction booklet and the G booklet. She let me have the older manual. I asked her what happened to the "old sweeper" and she said it was at her beach cottage.
I have written about "Miss Golden" before; when I get home, I'll see if I can find the story instead of retyping it all again!
She called the power nozzle the "pounder." She had acres of ankle-thick turquoise carpet. It was so much fun to use that power nozzle across all that carpeting!
In one of the pockets in the lid of the green hassock I found a model LX instruction booklet and the G booklet. She let me have the older manual. I asked her what happened to the "old sweeper" and she said it was at her beach cottage.
I have written about "Miss Golden" before; when I get home, I'll see if I can find the story instead of retyping it all again!
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GOLDEN BROOKS
There was a lady in my dad's church when we lived on Gwynns Island in Virginia in the mid 1960s name Golden Brooks. She ran a ladies' clothing store in downtown Mathews (where she had a Model F Electrolux!)
She was a very sweet old lady, probably in her 70s, and kind of eccentric. She was a self-described "old maid," very gruff in demeanor with a deep, boomy, boisterous voice, and dressed very "mannishly" (despite selling very elegant ladies' clothing!) and had a short short hair cut. She had a "sorority sister," Miss Gwen, another "old maid" who came to visit from Baltimore every so often, and when Miss Golden went to Baltimore on clothes-buying trips for her store, she would stay with Miss Gwen. I have a feeling they were probably, well, kinda "sweet" on each other!
She lived in an immaculate, spatious three-story country home that she had inherited, and she rattled around in that place all by herself except when "Miss Gwen" came from Baltimore to visit. (Yes, in that part of Virginia all the ladies are, or were, called "Miss/first-name".)
She had a brand-new turquoise G in a green hassock. She kept it on her glass-jalousie-enclosed back porch, with the power nozzle standing next to the hassock, and a matching B8 polisher & shampooer standing next to the power nozzle! (AND, I had forgotten to mention, she also had the air-powered Turbo Rug Washer. That was one heck of a salesman, since he sold her BOTH the B-8 and the Rug Washer!!)
She called the power nozzle the "pounder." She kept saying she had gotten the new "pounder" with her Electrolux, and I didn't know what on earth she was talking about until I saw it. Of course, I corrected her, "It's called a power nozzle!" "Well, the salesman called it a POUNDER because it POUNDS the dirt right out of the rug!!"
She had acres of ankle-thick powder-blue (*) carpeting. It was so much fun to use that "pounder" across all that carpeting!
In one of the pockets in the lid of the green hassock I found a model LX instruction booklet and the G booklet. She let me have the older manual. I asked her what happened to the "old sweeper" and she said it was at her beach cottage.
One day she took me to her beach cottage to do some odd jobs out there - paint window frames, rake leaves, etc. Of course, it was not long before I had found her Model LX, stored under the bed, and had dragged it out and was using it to sweep her beach house instead of raking and painting! And, boy, was it ever a thrilling day when I found the floor polisher attachment that was stuck in an outdoor tool shed. Boy oh boy oh boy!!! You can guess what I spent the next several hours doing.......
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(*) Above, I said her carpeting was turquoise -- brain fart! I had cross-wired with her turquoise Electrolux! Her carpeting was a light power-blue or baby-blue, what ever you call it. And there was never a SPECK on it! She always removed her shoes at the back door and required everyone who came into the house to do so as well!
There was a lady in my dad's church when we lived on Gwynns Island in Virginia in the mid 1960s name Golden Brooks. She ran a ladies' clothing store in downtown Mathews (where she had a Model F Electrolux!)
She was a very sweet old lady, probably in her 70s, and kind of eccentric. She was a self-described "old maid," very gruff in demeanor with a deep, boomy, boisterous voice, and dressed very "mannishly" (despite selling very elegant ladies' clothing!) and had a short short hair cut. She had a "sorority sister," Miss Gwen, another "old maid" who came to visit from Baltimore every so often, and when Miss Golden went to Baltimore on clothes-buying trips for her store, she would stay with Miss Gwen. I have a feeling they were probably, well, kinda "sweet" on each other!
She lived in an immaculate, spatious three-story country home that she had inherited, and she rattled around in that place all by herself except when "Miss Gwen" came from Baltimore to visit. (Yes, in that part of Virginia all the ladies are, or were, called "Miss/first-name".)
She had a brand-new turquoise G in a green hassock. She kept it on her glass-jalousie-enclosed back porch, with the power nozzle standing next to the hassock, and a matching B8 polisher & shampooer standing next to the power nozzle! (AND, I had forgotten to mention, she also had the air-powered Turbo Rug Washer. That was one heck of a salesman, since he sold her BOTH the B-8 and the Rug Washer!!)
She called the power nozzle the "pounder." She kept saying she had gotten the new "pounder" with her Electrolux, and I didn't know what on earth she was talking about until I saw it. Of course, I corrected her, "It's called a power nozzle!" "Well, the salesman called it a POUNDER because it POUNDS the dirt right out of the rug!!"
She had acres of ankle-thick powder-blue (*) carpeting. It was so much fun to use that "pounder" across all that carpeting!
In one of the pockets in the lid of the green hassock I found a model LX instruction booklet and the G booklet. She let me have the older manual. I asked her what happened to the "old sweeper" and she said it was at her beach cottage.
One day she took me to her beach cottage to do some odd jobs out there - paint window frames, rake leaves, etc. Of course, it was not long before I had found her Model LX, stored under the bed, and had dragged it out and was using it to sweep her beach house instead of raking and painting! And, boy, was it ever a thrilling day when I found the floor polisher attachment that was stuck in an outdoor tool shed. Boy oh boy oh boy!!! You can guess what I spent the next several hours doing.......
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(*) Above, I said her carpeting was turquoise -- brain fart! I had cross-wired with her turquoise Electrolux! Her carpeting was a light power-blue or baby-blue, what ever you call it. And there was never a SPECK on it! She always removed her shoes at the back door and required everyone who came into the house to do so as well!
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FINALLY found pix of FABULOUS Z88 set with hassock
I still gnash my teeth when I think about this "ebay find that got away" several years ago. I was watching it, sure it was gonna go thru the roof, so I didn't even bother to place a bid ... but the closing bid was a mere pittance. AARGH!!
Isn't that just the most gorgeous sweeper hassock you ever saw?! LOVVVE every detail of it -- so, so SO late '50s right down to the pointed feet it stands on!!!
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I still gnash my teeth when I think about this "ebay find that got away" several years ago. I was watching it, sure it was gonna go thru the roof, so I didn't even bother to place a bid ... but the closing bid was a mere pittance. AARGH!!
Isn't that just the most gorgeous sweeper hassock you ever saw?! LOVVVE every detail of it -- so, so SO late '50s right down to the pointed feet it stands on!!!
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That's delightful! Like a 1958 Buick.
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My two cents - the legs have been added. The chests were meant to sit on the floor. Guess I might as well throw in a few pics of mine here
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