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This is the second chair that I have made that is inspired by the sweeping slender back of Charles Rohlfs desk chair. My cousin was moving and downsizing from his house into a condo and was cleaning out the garage. He had some maple boards that were left over from the kitchen cabinet installation 10 years earler, which I took home. I also had a few small pieces of walnut hanging around the shop. I planed off the finsh and glued up the boards to the right thickness or cut strips for lamination. The back and side rails of the chair are made of with bent laminations. The back is made of three pieces, two maple and the centre piece wlanut. The the back is also trimmed and topped with walnut. It is finished with a chestmut stain and urethane. When my cousin and his wife moved into thier new condo I returned his wood to him.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
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Lidiya Blaznina
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#1 posted 572 days ago
Very nice work !
-- Lidiya,Russia," I use wood to translate my mood".
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#2 posted 571 days ago
Very nicely done. I like the design.
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#3 posted 571 days ago
Nice design and execution!
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#4 posted 570 days ago
I think a real Rohlfs chair with a bubbly apron in mahogany was on Antiques Roadshow last night. $80k-$120k
Nice job. s
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Woodbridge
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#5 posted 570 days ago
Thanks for the comments. Steve – I saw that same Antiques Roadshow segment on U-Tube. It was that particular Rohlfs chair that I was inspired by. I’m hoping to try to reproduce a “close” replica in the new year.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
jonni
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#6 posted 563 days ago
Lanky, modernist and elegant…I adore it. Visionary work..truly.
Woodbridge
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#7 posted 563 days ago
Jonni, thanks for you comments on all three of my chairs. I appreciate your colourful and descriptive comments. Thanks!
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
DocSavage45
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#8 posted 425 days ago
Wow someone who likes and builds chairs w/character!
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rmadja
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#9 posted 320 days ago
Again. Nice interpretation.
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