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Hi! I just picked this chair up today. I took it out of someone's trash that was just about to be picked up. I thought the chair was pretty and had potential. When I flipped it over and pulled off some of the black material on the bottom I noticed it was filled with burlap straps and hay. The fabric on top is stained and I was thinking of reupholstering it but I don't want to mess up an old piece and take away value if any. Is this piece old? Should I attempt to reupholster it? Thank You
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Hi Nikki
Nice to hear from you.
What a nice old chair. I would have grabbed it too LOL.
You never take away the value of an upholestried piece when a pro does it.
But you know Nikki this looks to be a fairly straight forward job to do yourself if you are satisifed with doing it the way it is..sags and all. I see no reason not to try.
You ask if the chair is old.
Well the hay stuffing certainly indicates its fairly old so it might be a good idea to check with one of our antique experts on that.
Fred Taylor is on the same page you found me.
Great Find
Regards
Eileen
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