tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post1291243977848482487..comments2024-03-18T06:50:22.206-08:00Comments on Dan's Shop: Phoenix Rocking Chair ProjectDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03176548997819533683noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-33102797185988742032012-09-30T17:15:52.857-08:002012-09-30T17:15:52.857-08:00Hi Dan~
I don't know what you have done with y...Hi Dan~<br />I don't know what you have done with your chair in the past year, but I just started a refinishing job of a rocker from Phoenix Chair Company. The label is very similar, except my model is 2060HB. The company went caput during the depression, so it can't be any newer than the 1930's. I would love to learn more about my particular chair. It has a back cushion that is tacked in on all four sides, with oak still showing on each side. It's going to be a challenge to replace the upholstery, but I love challenges.Paula Swaynehttp://paulaswayne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-22592862205439350622011-08-20T09:32:17.561-08:002011-08-20T09:32:17.561-08:00Cathy H. - Cool! I'm not sure about value. I s...Cathy H. - Cool! I'm not sure about value. I suppose you could take it to a reputable antiques dealer and talk to them about it. And $10, that sure seems like a deal!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176548997819533683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-70277386265766847062011-08-16T06:39:38.669-08:002011-08-16T06:39:38.669-08:00Hi Dan...I was quite intrigued by your post. You ...Hi Dan...I was quite intrigued by your post. You see, my daughter purchased an old rocking chair at a yard sale...paid about $10. It's been sitting in my garage for a couple of years. I happened to be moving it around to make room in the garage and turned it over. To my surprise I see a very old sticker just like yours! It's numbered 761-44. Don't know a thing about chairs but it seems this might be a real antique. I wonder how I can have this valued? Any suggestions?Cathy H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-49947308794674128212009-04-09T12:45:00.000-08:002009-04-09T12:45:00.000-08:00Dan: First I would like to say Thanks for the Com...Dan: First I would like to say Thanks for the Comment, good questions also!<BR/><BR/>Have you had the time to assemble the Chair yet? I'm very interested in seeing the process and the repair process if you are doing such work on it.<BR/><BR/>I've got an Antique Rocker Chair in my warehouse that I'm gonna bring home soon and do some Restoring to it, Refaberic it and check out the wood and the joints and see what needs to be done.<BR/><BR/>Nice Chair By the way!<BR/><BR/>HandiHandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05694179060825320800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-83941932429126181152009-04-07T22:49:00.000-08:002009-04-07T22:49:00.000-08:00AAAndrew - I think I might use this chair as an ex...AAAndrew - I think I might use this chair as an excuse to mess with hide glue. That way, if I mess anything up, I can always reverse it and try again. I don't think I will replace the runners - but they will need some repair from sheetrock screw butchery. As for the back splats, I don't recall, but I'll let you know as soon as I unpack it - which will probably not be very soon. I don't know much about the chair company, but I did find something on the web that might put this chair in mid-century, so plywood would not surprise me.<BR/><BR/>Kari - Maybe the teenagers were too busy destroying the original rockers to mess with the upholstery? I do have a weakness for Arts & Craft / Mission furniture. There is something very "clean" about it. Shaker furniture has the same feel to me, although obviously visually different...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176548997819533683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-13256480855463390452009-04-07T03:32:00.000-08:002009-04-07T03:32:00.000-08:00What a cool looking chair--it will fit in nicely w...What a cool looking chair--it will fit in nicely with your other mission furniture....and what a deal! The upholstery seems to be in perfect shape. The previous owner must not have had any teenagers.Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318585149114723707.post-63734097402128463272009-04-07T02:56:00.000-08:002009-04-07T02:56:00.000-08:00That is a cute chair. I'll be curious to see what ...That is a cute chair. I'll be curious to see what you do with it. I've not tried to fix loose chair joints yet. I remember a set of cheap kitchen chairs we had when I was a kid that seemed to loosen if you just looked at them funny. (I'm sure the fact they had to put up with two teenage boys constantly leaning back in them had nothing to do with it). My poor dad was always trying some gizmo or "trick" he had heard about. None of it worked well or for long. <BR/><BR/>Will you replace the rockers as well? I'm curious if the back splats are solid wood or plywood? I know by the 20's many pieces of furniture, at least the kind my ancestors could afford, used plywood somewhere on it. <BR/><BR/>Good luck, and keep the project pictures coming. <BR/><BR/>AAAndrew<BR/>http://incidentalwoodworker.blogspot.com/AAAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06861339441094562289noreply@blogger.com