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Friday, June 1, 2018

Leather Bankers Chair & 1770's Bench

I have not seen a traditional old bankers chair in a very long time. I'm estimating this chair to be 80 years old, but could be another 20 older than that.
This was upholstered in a light red, this soft saddle brown we'll work up real sweet.
 With many decades of dust collected in the mechanism, a good cleaning is needed.
 Talk about some hefty mechanisms!
 The chair has a slight wobble to it as the top shaft has wear. 
Not a safety issue at all.
 The outside as well as the insides ,back and lined with a fresh coat of cotton.

 The backings are in really good shape but I added some strapping for a future Time.
 The down and feather seat cushion lining is in fantastic shape. I've seen these linings hold up hundred years solid.
I cut and sewed an extra cover out of down proof ticking.
From my in stock feathers and down I added some more to freshen the cushion up.
With a bottom plate for breathability.
 Decorative tacks chosen by the owner of from my in stock.
 The exposed wood cleaned up real nice with fine steel wool and Howard's restore a finish.

 With four new casters on the base, this chair is ready to roll for a few more generations.
1770's Bench
This  piece is really an old timer. It has really thin bones to it and is still in real solid shape.
It has worm wood holes which tells me it's was originally from Europe.
A real old timer this one.
 I got it all stripped down, lots of old tacks removed.

Fresh traditional burlap webbing of course.

 With traditional burlap on top of that.
 Replaced the back nosing.
 This horse hair is in the exact same shape it was when it was installed, who knows when.
 And a fresh thin coat of cotton.
You don't want to overstuff these old-timers.
 The customer supplied this awesome fabric.
                       This Picture below tells me that the piece was originally done in wicker.

 A couple pics of the hand made dowels.
It's a guess, but this could be a Rosewood frame.

 Clean straight lines.
Beautiful hand carved work on this one.
The woods finish was in need of attention. Find steel wool and Howard's restorer finish sure brought the woods back proper.
 Put this piece on light duty and it could go on for who knows how much longer!

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