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YELLOW CIVIL WAR CHAIR

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My mother loved antiques.  I grew up surrounded by them, including several sweet little cane-seat chairs she believed to be from around the time of the Civil War. When I inherited these, I asked a carpenter friend about them.  He believed they dated from the late 19th century.  Either way, they're antiques now!

Over the years, I have found several more such chairs that are dead ringers for my mom's.  This is one of them.  The chair itself is simple - and I left it that way, although I had to replace the broken-out cane seat with sturdy plywood stained to match the chair's finish.  

The seat cushion, on the other hand, is anything but simple.  I combined denim, bright yellow rodeo cloth, snippets of Guatemalan fabric and belting, my own hand-embroidery and reverse applique, and  royal blue piping to create a vibrant, wacky two-headed chicken.  ​Just try being anything but happy in this chair's vicinity.
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