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Andyp wrote:Not entirely sure if this falls under Tudor/Stuart and I do not like the chairs. I am sure they were not there when I was.
Pinch wrote:Mike, I know a pretty good maker if you need one.
That would be right up my street - I could make you a right corker of a suite
9fingers wrote:If you visit London Mike, then there is this
http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/collec ... 7&index=14
in the Geffrye museum. Also there are some on the V&A website. Might give you some seating ideas from the period?
Bob
Mike G wrote:Thanks for that Kirk. These are more what I have in mind:
However, there is too much turning, and I might want to add a dentil-type decorative motif to the top of the back. I'd probably want to make the carvers taller rather than wider in comparison with the ordinary chairs, and either have a rush seat or a cushion tied on.
kirkpoore1 wrote:......Those are much nicer. I think if you dumped most of the turning, and went with a simple beading along the the straight members, you could make them simpler and yet avoid wide flat surfaces which look too plain.
Rod wrote:......
Or Jaycee's take on it:.......
Rod wrote:Ok I should have said the original purchase receipt shown on eBay.
Chairs discounted to £315 each, carvers £400 ish and that was probably 30yrs ago?
Rod
Mike G wrote:A lot of the chairs from that period seem to be very upright, with straight backs, so I might depart from that a bit with a more relaxed geometry.
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