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.

                                                                   Thanks for looking!