Restoring Kai Kristiansen Model 42  

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I had a set of those in rosewood long ago and reupholstered them. They're very, very comfortable chairs! Just be aware that they're not the strongest chair structurally, I think because the back legs are little closer together at the bottom ends than where they meet the seat. Or something. I eventually traded mine for some M

this one's not brilliant, I know I should have made a close up, But this is what I have. You can see the freshly oiled up side and front stretchers.

spanky: I had to glue three of them indeed, they had loose joints. One or two have certainly been repaired but that's ok. They have to be reupholstered, the seats are completely worn out, but this is way to tricky for me. So I'm having that done professionally. I know some upholsterers who are specialised in danish modern so that won't be a problem. I'm just not sure about which color. I tend to fabric, darker colors, meybe grey, maybe darker blue, maybe the bluish green that we call "petrol" in german, I don't know if you have that in english. Black would also be worth considering. I even thought about having the backrests and seats made in a different tone. Dark blue seat, ligh blue backrest or so. But I'm not sure yet. Do you have any suggestions?

hi.

upholstery.

bargain eBay Maharam...by the yard (or less).

4 different seat textiles (patterns).

and 4 totally different back textiles, Maharah or Girard will be fine.

professionally done.

proudly presented.

I'm tired of everything matching (this month).

shake it up.

hi,

Aunt Mark

ps I'm in therapy.

I agree.

Meh. Don't like patterns. Maybe small patterns. Very small patterns. Tiny little patterns. No, wait. I hate patterns.

Schou Andersen had a wide range of markings over the years, with most of them being stickers that are easily removed.

Here is your chair, with teak and rosewood options (at least at the time of this catalog)

Thank you! So I guess the stickers fell off the cushions, they were removed or the chairs have never been marked for some reason.

I have reupholstered lots and lots of teak dining chairs and the most stunning fabric choice was Maharam/Kvadrat Hallingdal #180, which is a charcoal gray with random flecks of lighter gray. It looked quite sharp. I think I've talked my son into this for his teak chairs.

I would not do black, at least not in a fabric. Leather--sure. Fabric, no--because lint and crumbs will be very visible on black fabric and you'll be forever brushing it. They don't show as much on the Hallingdal 180 because the lighter flecks are already there.

spanky, thanks a lot. That was the kind of insightful advice I was hoping for. Would you ever consider to youse velvet on these chairs? I was also thinking about that.

I wouldn't use velvet on a dining room chair seat. It's hard to clean and the nap tends to wear rather easily, at least with conventional cotton velvet. Mohair velvet is probably better in those regards. Synthetic velvet is out just because it's not of that era and thus is inappropriate for the design.

Also, fabric panel on the back of the backrest is glued on, which is tricky to do neatly---or you can sew it on by hand. Neither of these two techniques will look neat in any kind of velvet though--the nap will be crushed down in a less than perfectly even way around the edge and it won't look very good---in my opinion, anyway!

Cool, thank you!!!

Hi,

I love patterns! plus they are very forgiving when married to a dining room chair. And this Maharam pattern (an old favorite of mine) would wake these old chairs up...

Hi,

Aunt Mark

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-YARDS-32-INCHES-X-54-OF-MAHARAM-UPHOLSTERY-FAB...