D's found a chair again - or - Victorian stick back penny seat Ibex chair

It's been a while. 

We've tried not to skip dive. And our house now has a 'one-in-one-out' policy. 

But the other night, David walked past this little street scene:

 

He didn't dare show me. So by the time he did, and I sent him back to get them in from the cold, one of them had gone, of course. 

We did some research, and it turns out that this model is probably from around 1900. They look just like this set of Ibex kitchen chairs, made in Sweden. 

Of course, we only had one 😢. I decided to give it a little bit of a sanding down. Just the seat and the backrest. Then I oiled it with my favourite wood treatment - linseed oil. 

Oh, what a beauty. 

Before: 

After sanding and oiling:

Apart from the backrest, everything of this chair is turned on a lathe. 

Underneath the seat you can see where the lathe was fixed. 

Look at these little 'ears' - one is missing - extra charming :-). 

The seat is solid timber - possibly beech? You can see how it's splitting with age. 

Look at this interesting way to connect the timbers. It's not a straight connection, but rather like tongue and grove. Which makes it extra sturdy - I'm told by my furniture restoring brother in law. 

The oil really brings out the grain. 

So, skip diving is back on the menu - there are still treasures to be found. But we do have more than enough chairs now. Not to mention tables...