Wegner CH23? Original? Single Chair, Black Seat  

The two original options for the CH23 were cord (vast majority) and cane (very few). Leather was not an option. Yours was re-upholstered at some point in time. Tacks vs staples indicate that it might have been done a long time ago, but it could

I redid some old ones with nearly as old vinyl on the seats. Probably got cat-damaged or stained or something way back when and somebody decided vinyl was less trouble. They also had pretty obvious marks from an orbital sander AND they'd been varnished rather sloppily. Cleaned up nice, though!

Thanks CDSilva for your info on cord and cane.

Spanky, very interesting, thats why I was kind of confused. It seems like that black vinyl was the only thing available, lol - it all looks the same with a very light pattern to it. It makes it look like it was an option. Thanks for your pics, yes it did clean up nice!

sorry, i didn't include the "after" photos--these are SO worth the restoration! They're one of my favorite chairs ever. The third chair I ever rewove was one of these. If you're at all interested in reweaving your chair yourself, there are some excellent support threads here with a lot of tips and helpful information. It's not quite as difficult as it looks.

hahaha, its difficult on here...I didn't want to offend - thinking it was maybe worse than the one you showed me, lol! Beautiful! Wow, you did an amazing job - what kind of time goes into one chair to weave?

It takes me about 4 hours, I think--but that's with a lot of experience, though I could probably go faster if I was young and my hands hurt less! It used to take me longer but then I finally figured out how to keep the cord from tangling and twisting, now it goes pretty smoothly.

this is the first of the three threads I mentioned above (the other two are linked as you go along):

https://www.designaddict.com/forum/Repair/Replacing-Cord-Danish-Side-Chairs

The Wegner CH23 is a little more complicated than the M

Thanks so much for the link, I may just do that!

Spanky that is some job, you

Thanks but it's really not that complicated, just requires a bit of dexterity and attention to detail. Did you see the photos of tchp's set of chairs in that thread I linked? He had never done any before those and they look perfect.

I did, and can

Paula,

When you state

No, condition section on ebay is for damage or defects.

Loss of the original seat and a lack of correct replacement would be considered damage or a defect by most people looking for a CH23.

Thanks so much for your input. I didn't think it would be a considered a defect. My thought was if you are looking for a CH23 chair, this is one, with a replaced seat and their are several out there in the same manner. You can still use it as a chair, it is not broken. Maybe the word original was not the right choice. Since I have a bidder already, I will have to think about how to proceed. Thanks again.