November 22, 2009
That’s a rap but a new project is on its way…
Well I did end up with the winning bid on yet another lounge chair. This is a vintage 1950's "Mr Chair" with matching ottoman designed by George Mulhauser for Plycraft. Its coming in from Chicago and I should have it in a few days. Its due for the full treatment as I did with these chairs. I over bought material for these two chairs so I should have enough leather left to restore this new chair.
So today I rapped up the second chair, finished upholstery work and reassembled it.
All things considered both chairs came out really nice. A couple notes on what I would do differently next time. I would definitely make my own welting next time, it was a pain in the ass using the small stuff. I would also consider putting fabric on the backs of the inner shell for a more refined upholstery job. But I restored to spec of what was there. Both chairs look a million times better than when I found them.
As for a breakdown of time here it goes;
Disassembly = 1 hour
Stripping/Sanding = 4 hours
Refinishing Ply = 8 hours (4 coats on each)
Waxjob = 1 hour
Upholstery = 6 hours
Reassembly = 1 hour
So roughly 20 hours of work and $200 each chair brought this back to life…
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wow. this is fantastic! i just bought a Jr. Mr Chair in really bad shape at an estate sale and this blog is exactly what i need for instructions and encouragement. thanks! and please keep posting your progress on your new (to you) Mr Chair.
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What auction house in Chicago did you use to acquire the lounge chair? Do you have any other recommendations to find eames/plycraft/selig lounge chairs?
ReplyDeleteI just got the same chair from an antique store and the leather is in terrible shape so I am looking to do the same thing. can anyone tell me how much fabric I need to purchase to recover?
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