A Global Warming Recliner

Most recliners nowadays consume 6 to 10 yards of fabric.  I was able to restore this old time design with just 3 yards.  The wooden frame design is thin and designed to last a hundred years or more. The mechanics are not over engineered and built to last. And the piece is able to be re-upholstered and designed to be so.

I tapped open the back frame corners with blocks and re-glued them.

With all the finished wood, this frame hasn't had any attention paid to it in a long time. It cleaned up real nice.

The base came down to the bones.

The springs sure are in great shape for being 50 years older so.

Traditional burlap handsewn in on the edges.

Retained all of the natural horse hair.

And hand sewn the edges again

I added a bit of my virgin straw to go with it.

A nice fresh coat of cotton to top it off

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And a lining to set the stuffings. This so helps for everything to tailor up nice and clean.

And another thin coat of cotton on top of the lining.

The piping building and Main plate all Taylor cut up the center.

And again on the top of the inside and outside back.

I also reset some traditional decorative tacks on the outside back as original.

I'm The owner of this chair shows this great fabric to freshen up this old timer, chosen from my same day shipment fabrics.

What a great design recliner. Nothing over engineered here.

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