“Here I must breakfast, tiffin, tea, dine, and sup. Here I must taste – oh! joy of little birds – boiled quails inoculated with green chillies. Here I must know what curry means. From here I must ride, drive, play golf – do what I like. Here, undisturbed, I can write, read, dream, and dose; and here for my special use is set apart that one secret of all Indian luxury and calm, the Indian chair.
“…Here is the easy chair, with a box of cigars by our side, a peg within call, and intellectual men of the world with whom to converse. We from home have doubtless much to say, but we have also much more to learn.”
— Clement Scott, “Pictures of the World” (Remington 1894)
Clement Scott fails to mention one of our Joys of life – Wood Working! The essy chair, cigars, conversation, learning are great but woodworking – Ahhh.
Old Clement sounds like he has it waaay too easy…….
Interesting the way that chair back is hinged! I don’t recall that the one you just build did that; or did it? If you weren’t going to make one of mahogany, what would you use? I’m getting tired of red oak but want to use something with character that’s also tough.
Sigh… I meant built above. Why is it that we only see typos AFTER we hit the Post button?
Oak was a common material in these chairs. Also teak and beech were used up through the 1960s. Really, almost anything.