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Cloudburst2000
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29/01/2008 6:15 am  

Hey all,

I had a productive weekend. I drove over to Dayton to pick up a mid-century modern bookshelf that I won on ebay. While in Dayton, I decided to visit some of the shops that carry mid-century furniture. I ended up coming home with two upholstered chairs...one of which the dealer claims was designed by McCobb. There's no marking so I took his claim with a large grain of salt. I was planning on buying the chair anyway. The two chairs while not designed by the same person were owned by the same couple and re-upholstered in matching fabric. The smaller of the chairs has a small rip in the side. Is there some way of minimizing the rip? I'm all ears. Here are some pics of the chairs...

The larger 'supposed' McCobb chair. You can see Benson peeking around the corner 🙂

The smaller chair. Yes, the fabric is the same even though the color looks different. I couldn't get the color to come out right on this pic. The pic of the larger chair is pretty close to the color of the two chairs.

A pic of the rip in the smaller chair:

And the edges of the daybed you see in some of the pics is the Hans Wegner knock-off that my parents got me. I have it disassembled to have it recovered.


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Cloudburst2000
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29/01/2008 6:29 am  

And if I don't
reply in a timely manner, it's only because I have taken a bazooka to my brother's piece of junk Compaq laptop. It has crashed on me like five times already tonight. I made him give it to me after he managed to pick up a mega-virus and kill my beloved laptop...so maybe I should take the bazooka to my brother instead. My computer is supposedly on it's way back via FedEc so I guess that means they managed to fix it because I haven't heard otherwise. I hope so or else my brother is going to be out alot of moolah. I am really not pleased with him at the moment. I just had to vent 😉


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Sound & Design
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29/01/2008 6:37 am  

Ideas
Random ideas to consider...
One, making a patch using some fabric from somewhere else on the chair. Say, underside of cushion...line the pattern up perfectly.
Or, stiching the wounds closed, with reinforced fabric behind it...very carefully.
Hope someone has better solutions


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Robert Leach
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29/01/2008 1:48 pm  

I'd
I'd try and glue a patch behind the tear and leave well alone.
Any patch on the surface is going to look way worse than what you have.


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Robert Leach
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29/01/2008 1:49 pm  

I'd
I'd try and glue a patch behind the tear and leave well alone... position the chair so it is less visible..
Any patch on the surface is going to look way worse than what you have.


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Cloudburst2000
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29/01/2008 2:50 pm  

Yes, I was planning on
placing the chair in the other corner of the room where the rip would be concealed by the credenza. However, there is a fairly large recliner there now that I need some help moving it so I don't scratch up the floor. And everyone has either been too busy or too sick to come over and lend a hand. Though I'm pretty sure my brother will be over today to pick up his computer since mine should be arriving...assuming it works correctly now.


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29/01/2008 5:03 pm  

Cloudburst -- Where are you...
Cloudburst -- Where are you from? I'm in Columbus. I'm guessing you got those chairs at Artifact? Too bad Dada is gone -- they had some great stuff.


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barrympls
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29/01/2008 6:35 pm  

Check out this
Edward Wormley Dunbar sofa with the groovy OP fabric.
It has a few tears and wear-marks...how on earth could you fix those?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Modern-DUNBAR-Sofa-WORMLEY-OP-Art-Fabric-NR_...


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 SDR
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29/01/2008 7:43 pm  

I
agree with Robert. I was going to suggest an iron-on patch, if a hard paddle of some sort could be inserted inside to back up the ironing procedure, and if the heat was sufficient through the upholstery fabric. . .
How to move a heavy peice alone: lift one leg at a time and place a folded cloth or a towel under it, then slide. On carpet, use thin pieces of Masonite or similar hard smooth material.


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Cloudburst2000
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30/01/2008 4:03 am  

BustownModern
Hey, I'm from Lexington, KY. I was going to Cincinnati for the morning so I figured I might as well swing by Dayton and pick up the bookshelf. And I went into Artifact but they didn't really have anything that caught my interest. I got the chairs at Jimmy Modern which is just around the corner from Artifact. Jimmy Modern is on the corner of 5th Street next to the Goodwill. Artifact only had a limited number of mid-century modern pieces available that day (since they deal in everything). Jimmy Modern is strictly mid-century modern and he has two floors of furniture with really good pricing.


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