AI6YR BenSnagged a random possible chair restoration project (free) down the block. Tough one, no existing cushions. But I still have foam and vinyl for a chair or two here. #furniturerestoration
This apparently was the last owner's only photo before he had torn them apart. #furniture
Google says these are either Chiswell dining chairs, Finn Juhl dining chairs, Mid Century Matchstick, or similar. #furniture
Closest match is a Finn Juhl dining chair. But, unclear if this is the original or what. This one is definitely appropriate era, but not leather. Also unmarked. Could be something of similar era/styling, I am not a furniture person. Will be a challenge for me as there is no cushion and no fabric to copy. #furniture #restoration
Shirley Eugest@ai6yr
Then, as now, manufacturers copied each others styles. My guess is John Keal dining chairs for Brown Saltman. Curved back bar. Stretcher bars between legs for stabilization. Mild curve to the taper of the legs. The back cushion has a smile on top and bottom, like a happy calzone.
This should be an easy reupholstery job. mostly glued solid wood frame. If yours has knobs on the back, those may cover screws.
Do any wood restoration first.
@EugestShirley $3800 for six? $633?!?! Yeesh. I wonder if I should go for a cloth pattern instead, since that is their styling.
myrmepropagandistI think a solid cloth with that vintage texture (with the perpendicular lines where the weaving is just a bit uneven) would be the most classic.
To take it up a notch go for a bright pea green or orange based on what fits with the decor.
Similar era with different back, same manufacturer in red. So textured with some solid would work too I suspect. ($1547.00 each lol)
These chairs make me think of one of my favorite libraries.
@futurebird @EugestShirley Well, I'll take suggestions for fabric then, since I do not have any appropriate upholstery fabric for sure! I also will have to figure out the backs -- they were apparently wrapped both front and back, with fabric on the back (but not padded, I assume). That will be new (I assume stapled along the edge as well and taut somehow... or shaped cardboard wrapped in fabric and stapled? Dunno,
https://www.kovifabrics.com/search/product-detail/20632?
https://www.foliofabrics.com/products/briggs-vermilion
https://fabricbistro.com/products/mid-century-modern-mcm-faux-linen-glazed-textured-froth-neutral-greige-beige-linen-chino-sand-upholstery-drapery-fabric-rmc-smii-1?variant=32385279131708
https://www.modern-fabrics.com/hbf-textiles-denim-wash-popsicle-basketweave-texture-performance-fabric.html
@futurebird @ai6yr
That burnt orange was my mom's choice 👀
The burnt orange went well with the avocado green, harvest gold and sad brown of the era.
That burnt orange was my mom's choice 👀
The burnt orange went well with the avocado green, harvest gold and sad brown of the era.
JimmyI love orange.
zl2todLe Creuset are the good ones. Hell expensive here.
knowuh@EugestShirley did any other decade have such palette compliance? Everything was one of those four colors. Everything.
@knowuh
1950s. Soft pastels were favored. One exception was bright red, which was thrown in with the soft colors.
Turquoise with white, pale yellow, pale green, or warm pink or red.
Most kitchen appliances were still white; refrigerators, stoves, washers.
One exception Red with white/black floor, yellow or aqua.
Tile-work was creative.
Everybody had a metal tube kitchen table and chairs. Top was Formica, upholstery was slick like vinyl. Floors were linoleum.
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