Good morning! I just got a J39 chair at a local auction in a somewhat surprising red stain. The whole frame is stained but the chair itself is the standard beech and paper cord. I was planning on stripping the chair to go with a set of 4 J39 chairs I have. If anyone has a standard finished J39 they want to part with, I'd be thrilled. Assuming that's not the case, I was wondering:
1) Is it a bad idea to strip what seems to be an original finish, period?
2) Is there a way to strip the stain without destroying the finish? I would imagine no.
3) Does anyone know much about what kind of finish the J39 beech chairs normally had? If I do strip the frame, I'd like to get as close to the original finish as possible.
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