empire revival restoration

Created around the turn of the century.

This sentimental restoration on this solid heavy built chair.

what great arms and thick back.

A hundred and ten years from creation and this piece is ready for some attention so it will be ready for another hundred.

Lots of  patina on the exposed mohogony.

                                            First thing I'm gonna get lots and lots of tacks out.
                               There are several layers of repairs that need to come off as well.

Here shows the base (the bottom)

                                                                 And the outside back.

I missed the pic of the excessive tack holes on the base and other areas.

a good filler set in and sanded.

A couple pics of the base and inside back as the layers are peeled off.

 The chair is now  down to the frame.

Gonna glue up some of the frame on the back side across the frame.

                                     All glued and clamped tight with hide glue for the night.

And now i'll reglue the front main beams and support blocks.

Finally reset the arm bases.

                                           And added pre drilled holes with 3 inch screws.

2 on each arm.

The inside back with new webbing and hand sewn attached springs to the webbing.

                                                      New base webbing shown.

Thanks for looking.

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