Looks can be deceiving

Look at this chair.

Doesn't this nice little chair look so innocent.

 As I pulled off the dust cover I noticed 2 coats of strapping that needs to be replaced.

Lots of tacks to clean up.

 2nd layer of webbing.

 New traditional strapping added after inspecting the top of the coil spring base.

In surprisingly good shape.

Coil springs attached to webbing with hog rings.

The backing for the inside arms has seen its life.

Note the fabric on the inside back.

There was 2 layers of old upholstery fabric and layers of cotton to be removed.

 Traditional burlap added for the inside arms.

 What beautiful stuffings.

  I would say over a hundred years old and there is no deterioration of the stuffings at all.

 Out with the old cotton and in with a nice coat of fresh cotton.

 Here shows the inside back with new burlap and support webbing.

 Out with the old cotton and in with the new.

 The outside arms and back lined with traditional burlap and a thin coat of cotton.

 I fretted over the patterns for the inside back and inside arms for many hours.

They sure look so innocent!

 There was a full garbage bag that had a lot of weight to it with all the old fabrics and excessive stuffings that I removed, added from the last hundred years.

This old timer has been refreshed and ready for more use.

This one sure humbled me some on how good an upholsterer I accually am. 

Thanks for looking!

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