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Greene & Greene Chairs (post #167281)

Nollie on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 09:12

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I am posting pictures of two different chairs i made in the G & G style. The one is a dining side chair and the other is a bar stool. I used african mahogany and the acsent pegs is from afrcan blackwood. These are my own designs. This is khaya nyasica witch we get in South Africa

I would like some comment on these chairs

Thanks

Good job. Nice work on the (post #167281, reply #1 of 5)

by boilerbay in reply to Nollie [original] on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 06:44

Good job. Nice work on the leg bottoms and pillowing of the pegs. Good rendition.

It's tedious but you did them well. Good job.

Greene & Greene chairs (post #167281, reply #4 of 5)

by Nollie in reply to boilerbay [original] on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 11:17

Thanks BB. The pegs are a lot of work ,but it makes a big differens. African blackwood is very hard to work with. It comes in at about 6 lb per b/ft.

Thanks for showing your work here ! (post #167281, reply #2 of 5)

by roc in reply to Nollie [original] on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 09:53

Classes up the joint. : ) I haven't seen that treatment before that you used on the lower legs. I like that. I don't know much about Green and Green. Hey, what finish did you use? Thanks again.

roc

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by Nollie in reply to roc [original] on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 11:14

Thanks Roc. The leg indntes are greene & greene design elements. I to make a strait leg look better. The finish i used is a poly-wax finish only available in SA. We do not have a wide range to choose from. The other finish to choose from is Rusten's Danish Oil. It gives a better finish but very expensive

Thanks