Monday, June 27, 2011

Chairy, Chairy, Baby

I have two chairs to show, one I picked up this past weekend and the other a couple of weeks ago. Both chairs need work, one will be a fairly easy fix, the other not.


I like the design of this iron chair, can't remember exactly what I paid for it, but it was between $10-15. I need to clean the iron and would like to put some sort of polish on it. If you know a good kind, please share. Recovering the chair seat should be an easy job. Anyone know the maker of this chair?




I found this funky chair on Sunday at an estate sale in a very desirable part of town. It's a neighborhood  with houses on the lake. Shacks go for $300,000 or more. Small houses that need to be updated go for $500,000 and up. This chair needs some work - back legs need to be reglued, it  needs refinishing and definitely needs reupholstery. I couldn't find a brand/maker on this chair. The back of it has that Eames style. Anyone know? The chair was marked $40 - I haggled and got it for $25.




*****I received comments from Vintage Scapes and Beccalina of Vintage South that were both very helpful. I found two listings on eBay. On one listing it was called a Hans Wegner Shell Chair. On the other listing it was called Kodawood Finn Juhl chair. I need to do more research to find the maker. The value of my chair would be somewhere around the price of the Kodawood chair, they are in similar condition. But refinishing would greatly increase the value of the chair and in this case, would be a good idea.


I've heard of a product called Wol? or Wool? that is used in the refinishing trade for wood. It's supposed to be for wood that is not in bad condition and saves you the time of refinishing a piece. I have looked for it without success. Anyone familiar with this product?

What did you find this past week?

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11 comments:

  1. holy bleeeep, i love that white chair! can't help you with the products you need to polish 'er up...but man, she's lovely!

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  2. oo... they're both sweet chairs! I can't recall if I ever knew the maker of the first one though I've seen it before. I don't know how to clean/ fix up iron chairs. As for the second one I don't know the maker of the one that you have but it is very much in the style of the Hans Wegner's shell chair. There were several designers/ manufacturers that borrowed and adapted designs but I figured it would be a good starting point. You may also have some luck looking up slice chairs. As for refinishing, a product that I love is Howard's restor-a-finish. You just wipe it on for areas that don't need much work or you can use steel wool for areas that need just a tad bit more 'cleaning' like the legs. It really cleans the wood up nicely and gives it a healthy sheen.

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  3. Mucho thanks for all your expertise, I'll let you know what I find out. Will definitely look for Howards. By the way, those were Shelby Williams chairs last week and I wouldn't have known or been able to pass it on to them if you hadn't commented on it. They were very appreciative.

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  4. That second chair is fabulous!! I have seen ones like that before...I think it is a Kodawood chair. Great find!

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  5. Both of those chairs are amazing! Such style and dramatic flair!

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  6. wow, i love both of them, but the mid modness of the second is awesome. good job haggling, i'm always too shy for that. and now that song's in my head. chai-ai-AI-airy bay yay bee!

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  7. Sorry about that - it happens to me too!

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  8. Love the wire chairs--great finds and especially beautiful design on that first one! Thanks so much for linking to Share the Love Wednesday; hope you'll be back this week!
    Mary

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  9. What fun and funky chairs...great finds!

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  10. So funny - as I was reading I thought to myself, I bet Vintage Scapes will know!

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  11. Vintage Scapes is very knowledgeable and a great go to person!

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