Galoot Image Central Pics from the Porch Home :: Login Album list :: Last uploads :: Last comments :: Most viewed :: Top rated :: My Favorites :: Search Home > User galleries > Sgt42RHR > 18th Century Folding Side Chair 18th Century Folding Side Chair TITLE  +   -  FILE NAME  +   -  DATE  +   -  POSITION  +   -  Chair_folded.JPGChair folded205 viewsThe seat lifts on two hinges and the side rails accordian inward bringing the front legs to the back legs. The seat is Poplar. The two strips on each side of the underside of the seat just fit inside the top side rails to keep the chair from from folding.Sgt42RHR Seat_up_ready_to_fold.JPGSeat up and ready to fold220 viewsThe seat has been lifted and the side rails are ready to be folded inward, bringing the front legs to the rear. There are 12 hinges mortised into the rails and legs. There are two hinges mortised into the seat and spacer.Sgt42RHR right_rear.JPGRear View181 viewsThe back splat is 1/2 inch thick and chamfered on the back.Sgt42RHR Front_right.JPG18th Century folding side chair279 viewsAmerican Black Walnut, Poplar, black leather upholsetery, seat 21 inches wide at the front, 17 inches wide at the rear, the seat surface is 18 inches tall, the crest rail is 38 inches tall. Weight 17 pounds. Stained and finished with ruby shellac and alkyd varnish.Sgt42RHR Chair_Folded--Side_View.JPGFolded Chair - Side vew268 viewsThe chair is about 6 inches deep when folded.Sgt42RHR Glue_up_of_Earle_s_Chair_back_assembly.jpgGlue up of Earle's Chair224 viewsThis is the back assembly of Earle's Chippendale era folding side chair, I just finished final shaping of the legs, back posts, backsplat, and crest rail and glued it all together.Sgt42RHR Johns_and_Earles_folding_side_chairs-side_view.jpgSide view100 viewsThe folding aspect of this chair varies little in multiple examples of original folding chairs from this period.Sgt42RHR 19th_century_folding_side_chairs_back_view.jpgChamfering and carving make the 1/2 inch thick backsplat look thinner when viewed from the front.98 viewsSgt42RHR Earles_chair_and_Johns_18th_century_side_chairs.jpgEarle and John's 18th C. folding side chairs126 viewsI have images of two originals with the same crest rail as on Earle's chair on the left. Isn't the green leather in Earle's chair the bomb!!Sgt42RHR Earles_18th_C__folding_side_chair.jpgEarle's 18th century folding side chair144 viewsBlack walnut, stained, five coats of alkyd varnish wiped on and rubbed out with 0000 steel wool and a crumpled brown grocery bag.Sgt42RHR     10 files on 1 page(s) Powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery and JoomBla!