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The name is “Cowboy’s Chair” in Spanish. I’ve heard Mexican vaqueros call their saddle by this name. this chair is for me!! I got tired of the sorry Lazee Boy and gave it away, this is the replacement. I wound up having to hurry so the finish is not up to par, but…...... The wood is Alder. It was in the shop so it got used up. The construction is mortise and tenon. Pretty standard Morris Chair. (Thanks Schroeder and all) The finish is Ben Wood special Walnut with amber shellac as a sealer and Min Wax oil based poly over. The carved leather side panels are glued to 1/4 birch ply and held in with mirror clips. Carleen doesn’t like this method and thinks I should use trim strips in the future. I did the upholstery with leather and laced it on. Again not as good as I’d like but Carleen is always after me to do more “Rustic”. Thar she be!!! The arms have 3/8 inch of high density foam under the leather. I guess that’s about all.
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25 comments so far
3fingerpat
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posted 272 days ago
Love the chair and the leather work, looks great! BTW, I agree with Carleen about the strips ;o)
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savannah505
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posted 272 days ago
Great looking chair, your leather work is always superb.
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Les Hastings
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posted 272 days ago
Awesome job Tom!
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dennis mitchell
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posted 272 days ago
Wow! A cup of mud, a Zane Gray, my dog curled up at my feet and sitting in that chair must be close to heaven….and you are going to go babysit cattle. Something is kittywampus in our world.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 272 days ago
Indeed, Dennis…
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 272 days ago
Hi Thomas;
That is a beautiful chair
I think Dennis said it best.
It just ain’t right.
This world better clean up it’s act soon, before it’s too late.
Lee
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Bigbuck
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posted 272 days ago
Nice chair, I love it
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Thos. Angle
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posted 272 days ago
Thanks for the kind words, guys.
-- Thos. Angle
Bob #2
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posted 272 days ago
You do nice work Thom and very creative as well.
Bob
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jockmike2
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posted 272 days ago
I disagree with Carleen, I think you made a masterpiece. Not a Maloof but an” Angle”. You’ve started a new line of furniture. Beautiful and comfortable looking chair Thos. GB, mike
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MsDebbieP
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posted 272 days ago
I am in awe.
now THAT’S a chair!
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 272 days ago
This is a great chair.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 272 days ago
That is fantastic!! I love the tooled leather panel. I tool leather too; never enought time to tool leather, work wood, target shoot, stock rifles, fly fish, tie flies, surf the web, read books…...................OH, did I mention photography?.............
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tenontim
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posted 272 days ago
That is truly a beautiful chair, Thomas. I think you’ve created something that combines the Arts and Crafts with the old Spanish style into a great looking chair. Thanks for the post.
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trifern
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posted 272 days ago
Awesome chair! Seeing this makes me sad to think you are getting rid of your shop. Thanks for sharing.
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gbvinc
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posted 272 days ago
Now that’s a comfy looking chair! The leather really brings it all together. Very cool.
clieb91
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posted 272 days ago
Great looking chair, I great way to dress up the standard look. That is the kind of work I will miss seeing.
CtL
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PaBull
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posted 272 days ago
Thomas, nice chair. I was going to say something funny, but Dennis said it all.
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TomK
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posted 272 days ago
Best looking Morris chair I’ve seen!
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Dennis Zongker
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posted 271 days ago
Nice Chair Thomas, Beautiful leather work!
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ND2ELK
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posted 270 days ago
Hi Thomas
Great looking work as always. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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scott shangraw
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posted 270 days ago
I some how missed this post.Great chair.Sur going to miss seeing your projects here!!!
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roman
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posted 270 days ago
Thomas…..........on first look it brought back a fond memory of one of my fathers chairs that he sat in. He got it from his Dad and albeit quite worn it was soooooo comfortable. So many memories, so nearly forgotten.
Thanks
Cheers
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Grumpy
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posted 270 days ago
Very stylish Tom. Looks very comfortable as well
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mrtrim
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posted 270 days ago
dennis must be getting old , he forgot the fireplace flickerin and cracklin ! lol nice chair thos as are all your work !