Now, here's a really beautiful pair of bar chairs. I consider these two young ladies to be of a category I call "art" fabrications. Antiqued wrought iron bases, swivel frames, high-glossed contour seats and backs all hand painted. These identical twins are the same, but at the same time different, albeit they probably were products of a larger fabrication effort.
They came to the shop because the high-gloss finished decor was separating from a laminated wood foundation. Their surface was coming loose, flaking and then coming apart in places--a huge disappointment to our customer! The kind of crazing in the surface, something my customer and I discussed in the initial evaluation process, probably does suggest it's likely there will be more deterioration in their future. But hey, that happens to all of us with time....right! So, despite that possibility (or likelihood), our customer wanted to have us do the repair where the flaking and loss has obviously developed to spoil and threaten the surfaces.
Long story short: these two beauties are effectively without any obvious blemishes again. The repair effort was not an easy one. Quickly into the process it became very obvious why the separation had taken place, and a repair in one spot often meant a need for the same repair in the immediately adjacent area too. Whew...a lot of careful, nervous work! I think we came close to mastering the process and the technique of the original artisan for color and patina...with some modest exceptions. So now they are the unchallenged beauties in our modest shop, strutting their stuff while they patiently anticipate re-occupying their esteemed places back home.
That's Wood Talkin....have you learned how to listen?
Dick
