Barrel back chair & large ottoman

This barrel back upholstered with a nice soft mint green upholstery fabric.

I reworked the base top with repairs to sharpen up the stuffings.

removed 2 layers of old upholstery and added a fresh coat of cotton inside and out.

 Nice thin lines, kept that way.

I tapped open 6 or so joints at several intersections of the wooden frame and glued them up tight.

 The one piece outside with the seams steamed flat.

 The old seat cushion was at least an inch short.

A new foam cushion with custom cut plate.

This one is ready for many years to come.

 This extra large 4 X 2 foot ottoman redesigned and set up with a nice skirt.

 The skirt backed and lined.

 Hard to appreciate this large ottoman in these pics.

What a great accent piece.

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Blue velvet wing back

I restored this frame a few months back.

From re gluing the frame to a thin lining.

Original horse hair retained with new cotton.

The new owner supplied a dark blue velvet.

It took a lot of my 20 years home furnishings experience to get this tailored up sharply.

 Nice lines to the front legs.

 The owner asked for extra stuffings on the inside.

There was many hours tailoring up the inside with the smooth velvet fabric.

 The outsides backed and lined with a thin coat of cotton.

 The edges of the frame lines kept sharp to draw out all the lines as well as piping run along the frame edges.

 Clean intersections.

 What nice lines of the frame.

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1880's New York Made

Here is one special chair with a real nice sitting height and with an extra "beefed up" frame.

What nice carvings.

There sure was lots of tacks to come out of this frame.

 I used three quarters of a quart of filler to get a proper nailing lines throughout the frame.

 The base springs had all fallen over and needed to be built up from the start.

 Hand tied the springs.

 A coat of traditional burlap.

 The hay dusted out and reworked.

 With the horsehair returned.

This horsehair has been in service for a hundred and thirty years and is just like the day the chair was created.

 And a nice thick coat of cotton batting.

 And a thin lining fully upholstered to set the stuffings in place.

And a thin coat of cotton on top of the lining and then the burgundy fabric.

 I rolled the chair on it's head to put on the bottom dust cover and the leg broke at the "cup".

 This non crack body filler will get this leg repaired properly.

 With a long half inch dowel deep drilled into the leg will do this repair beyond criticism.

And a matching color and shade French gimp really helps accent this old timer.

And this one is ready for many years of service.

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