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Chippendale Chair

comments (3) February 10th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

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This chair is a reproduction of a side chair in the diplomatic rooms of the Department of State.  Made of mahogany with a leather slip seat.
This chair is a reproduction of a side chair in the diplomatic rooms of the Department of State.  Made of mahogany with a leather slip seat. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

This chair is a reproduction of a side chair in the diplomatic rooms of the Department of State.  Made of mahogany with a leather slip seat.
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This is a Philadelphia Chippendale side chair.  The original is in the State Department's Diplomatic Rooms.  The wood is mahogany, finished with shellac.  The seat is leather on a yellow pine frame.

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bbrown1 bbrown1 writes: Could you share the details of how you finished the chair?
Thanks very much,
Bill
Posted: 3:44 pm on April 15th

bigtop bigtop writes: I have been reproducing Queen Anne and Chippendale (mostly Philadelphia) for about 15 years - first as a hobby, now in my retirement, as a vocation. I learned from Gene Landon, whose work you may have seen in FWW. Gene and I have become good friends and while he is opinionated on the subject of period furniture, Gene is extremely generous of his time and talent. There are probably dozens of period woodworkers that he has helped get started in the field. There is no one alive who is better at looking at period pieces and puzzling out how they are put together.
Posted: 3:22 pm on February 13th

GEide GEide writes: Fantastic! How long have you been making period reproductions? Where'd you learn how to carve?
-Gina, FineWoodworking.com
Posted: 11:48 am on February 13th

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