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Re: Pub Chair
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2013, 09:55:40 pm »
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Re: Pub Chair
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2013, 09:56:25 pm »
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Re: Pub Chair
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2013, 09:57:54 pm »
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Re: Pub Chair
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2013, 10:05:13 pm »
Last but not least the makers mark which is an upside down H.S. on the back of the seat...sorry it is a bit fuzzy...

Even without the pics just the name smokers chair brought up alot more relevent pics and info...

So before I get more info I am going to guess and put it here for posterity (or posteriority if I am wrong:) ).

I think they are like 1890-1910,manufactered but perhaps hand asembled, English...Not sure on wood, my father was good at that but not me...

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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2013, 02:22:36 am »
Wood is most likely Oak,..from the design and coupled with the metal support...I,d say late 1800,s..its definitely a smokers chair see my link..on my last post...Windsor chairs were similar...but,i,d bet my boots on this being a smokers, over here in UK,especially in parts of England...single chairs such as this do extremely well...and having looked at it in detail...it has a charm about it....that had i found it...it would not find its way into my hungry woodburner...but would enjoy supporting my rather large arse..... ;D...
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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2013, 05:14:35 am »
Oak is right. I'd find some way to hold on to this.
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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2013, 06:50:25 am »
It doesn't look like oak to me.  ::) ::)

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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #22 on: March 15, 2013, 07:20:33 am »
It doesn't look like oak to me.  ::) ::)
did you get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning...we say oak you say no...if i say black..no doubt you,ll say white....so until you come up with something better...its oak... :P
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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2013, 08:53:56 am »
From what I can see it appears to be oak !! Late 1800`s to 1910 !!  Nice chair and well worth keeping (as-is btw) !!
Call it what ever you wish !!

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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2013, 09:09:07 am »
"Call it whatever you wish"

Don't mind if I do! I think I'll call it.........




OAK!!! ;D ;D >:(
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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #25 on: March 15, 2013, 09:41:41 am »
From what I can see it appears to be oak !! Late 1800`s to 1910 !!  Nice chair and well worth keeping (as-is btw) !!
Call it what ever you wish !!
Its part of  a dead Oak Tree.... ;D
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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #26 on: March 15, 2013, 10:00:08 am »
Anyone care to guess what type of wood this is, to wit:




Or this one, to wit:



They are both the same species and here is the link to the 2nd picture:

http://www.countyfloors.net/store/product.php?productid=17369



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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #27 on: March 15, 2013, 10:34:57 am »
Looks like birch !!

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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #28 on: March 15, 2013, 10:40:47 am »
Mmmm,,, didn`t use a lot of that in the south !!  Should have figured something since the grain is feathered !!

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Re: Pub Chair/Smokers Chair
« Reply #29 on: March 15, 2013, 10:56:23 am »
Looks like birch !!
Na...this was a Birch....

A birch rod (often shortened to "birch") is a bundle of leafless twigs bound together to form an implement for administering corporal punishment.

Contrary to what the name suggests, a birch rod is not a single rod and is not necessarily made from birch twigs, but can also be made from various other strong and smooth branches of trees or shrubs, such as willow.[1] A hazel rod is particularly painful; a bundle of four or five hazel twigs was used in the 1960s and 1970s on the Isle of Man, the last jurisdiction in Europe to use birching as a judicial penalty
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