This is a gorgeous Victorian carved mahogany "tub chair". I would date it to around 1870-1880, but it's hard to say for sure.
The chair arrived to us in a grubby old floral pattern, and the piping/edging was missing. The chair had breaks to both front arms, and it needed a lot of work.
This post will just be a super quick preview with a few photos, but if you want to see the full restoration with nearly 60 photos, go here:
http://lefebvreupholstery.blogspot.ca/2013/10/project-of-month-fantastic-carved.html
Here's the before:
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q23OGz9BZRA/Um1FWqksKZI/AAAAAAAAFAE/zV89dVPra4o/s800/P9230600.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3YV6o5QscWE/Um1FXZ6C1tI/AAAAAAAAFAY/V_Q_q21WOFU/s800/P9230601.jpg)
A few "during":
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WbesfJOCkmc/Um1FbmvIhuI/AAAAAAAAFBY/YS7krcA33tA/s800/P9240642.jpg)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e--I76LTA7Q/Um1FdPFy_EI/AAAAAAAAFBs/zq2vUIb2Jq0/s800/P9240649.jpg)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bXbJ8qZ4kdU/Um1Fii1cRaI/AAAAAAAAFDI/2P2lGgM7heg/s800/P9300030.jpg)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cNvIQEX1MOM/Um1FkDDUnfI/AAAAAAAAFDo/xTVWX_WEUs0/s800/PA010042.jpg)
And after:
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0QVpxs_HvQc/Um1FtssgbXI/AAAAAAAAFFk/0cGy6aaiIRc/s800/PA070353.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4pU0XkBIbDI/Um1Fv8w85HI/AAAAAAAAFGQ/bUhsEKp76Io/s640/PA070374.jpg)
Beautiful work! Love the solid colour on the back.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I love the red. I wish she would have just used the red all over, but it's nice as-is, too.
DeleteWow, so cool. Old and Modern at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI liked the 'garb' this graceful little chair came in (the more traditional) but the transformation with the non-traditional fabric knocked my socks off. Love this chair : )
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