This small efficient little skirted club chair sure has lots of detail to it and the arm tops has a nice style. This is solid wooden frame is just as tight as it was when it was made back in the 1970s.
The owner chose and in stock fabric,
a nice soft blue chenille within a damask pattern.
After pulling out lots of staples and quite a bit of restoration work, I was able to get this done for just 7 yards of fabric.
Below shows the original invoice for the chair.
June 18 1973
I've peeled up the bottom fabric holding the coil springs in to inspect the top of the base and it's still looking real good.
I reset the burlap and added jude webbing to reinforce it for many years to come.
For the inside arms, the inside backs, and the base.
After resetting the stuffings i'll use the old base fabric, I set that fabric in place with the new coverings over it. It sure helps having nice clean double set base.
Fresh cotton throughout added on the inside and outsides of the nosing, arms and back.
I saved the original invoice.
With a sewn in pocket onto a woven dustcover.
Of course the legs were freshened up with new glides.
The skirts are all backed, lined, surged and pre-sewn to the welting cord and then finally I attached to the frame.
Clean crisp arm tops.
Skirts matched horizontal & vertical.
Outside arms pattern level with the skirts.
Center patterning as it flows over to the outside back.
Time for a new quality 2635 foam seat cushion with a poly wrap.
If the owner ever finds an ottoman to go with this chair, that would really spice this piece up even more then it already is.
This piece is ready to serve!
As I was tailoring up this piece I took a few pictures of the rainbow outside my studio window.
Thought I would share.
Thanks for looking here.
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