Wonderful !
I'd like to flag this thread -- VIPP (very important plywood project).
Thanks for the good photos -- and the alternate in drawing form. Note carefully the differences and similarities between the two designs.
If I were making the photographed chair, I'd consider splining or doweling the stub ends of the central cross-piece, through the leg frames, making a sturdy and permanent structure, independent of the seat and back panels. The alternate would be to half-notch both (all three) parts, thus weakening them all. I can't tell from the photos what was done. Intriguing ! Anyway, a neato and perfectly 40s specimen, to me . . .
(Note also the almost unheard-of technique for fastening the seat in place -- using table-top clips ! Lovely.)
Thanks again, glassartist. How old do you think this chair is ? Do let us know what you find out about this piece. GrandpaUtz, what is the date of the Cherner book ?
Those routed slots
are the most challenging technical aspect to the construction and look to be competently executed, as does the rest of the chair. The shop-grade birch plywood looks American to me, with its fir inner plies, and of a quality consistent with '50's-'60's vintage. Appropriate patina for that vintage, too.
I'd have to guess a talented hobbyist was either inspired by the Cherner book or a similar DIY publication.
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