Wear on 19th Century Chairs

Video Transcript

"So when collecting 19th century chairs I just wanted to show you something point out a few things that I get excited about when I see these chairs and they're in great shape. If you look at the top of this chair right here don't know if you can see it on the corner here it's very thin it's been hand done and it has a big turn on here, you can see how thin it is on the top and it gradually gets thicker on the bottom. And it's the same type of construction here if you look at it from the side you can see the bend in the wood, how much this piece of wood had to be bent to get that construction. To do it so perfectly so that 2 of these are on the same angle and the same construction on the back has the curve to it but that's very comfortable to your back, it's not as straight at all it's got a curve and it's one of the things that I like to see in these windors. Another example of the earlier construction to you can see the it's really a piece almost like a plank it's the thickness of almost an 1 1 /2" in the back and when I turn this over on the front side, you can see the way that the plank has been carved down in the front to make a nice rounded edge on it. So you don't have that sharp edge on your back of your legs when your going down so they really thought about how your leg was going to fit on this chair on the front, it's rounded on the bottom here and rounded underneath. So that it's very comfortable to sit on it it's nothing no type corners you can see here it's wear on this and there's paint where it's gone, which is what you want to see on this type of chair so these are a few things that I get excited about when I see on the construction on these chairs, so some things to look for when your looking at 19th century chairs."