Vintage walnut chairs
Hi all.
This is a project I completed several weeks ago, but didn’t get around to posting.
I was extremely fortunate to inherit some nice walnut Danish modern furniture from my grandfather’s estate when he died. These originally belonged to his second wife, Lillie, and she took excellent care of them.
In addition to the chairs, I have a dining table, large square coffee table, and two-piece china hutch. All pieces are from the same line — “Declaration” by Drexel. They are dated from 1959 through 1963.
Classic and gorgeous!!
The chairs have had this whitish upholstery, with accents of peach and mint green, since I acquired them, and I expect since the early 90s.
I removed the pastel fabric, and found what appears to the original early 1960s fabric, a harvest scene on velvet, in PRISTINE condition:
Over which I put my new, retro-style, fuzzy polka dot fabric (which I affectionately call “hideous orange”). Notice the same color palette in the new (left) and the original (right):
And Sandy sez, “What’s so hideous about being orange anyway?”
I really like the new fabric — it’s amazingly soft to the touch, and I feel that it suits the style and color of the wood much better than the peach/mint stuff did.
If anybody wants to see huge, detailed pics (including of the original velvet upholstery) you can do so here:
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