This chair is a close cousin to the chair offered here a couple weeks ago. Same great wood and same finish. The only difference is this chair has a stout H-stretcher, making it suitable for all sitters.
I am selling this chair for $2,600, and that price includes the crating and shipping to anywhere in the continental U.S. The chair is being sold via a random drawing – details below.
This chair is made of mahogany that is at least 70 years old. I bought it from Midwest Woodworking in Norwood when it was going out of business. The wood is gorgeous stuff, light and strong.
The chair is set up for dining. The seat tilts about 3°, with a back tilt of another 12°. The seat is 16” off the floor, which makes it comfortable for a wide range of sitters. The seat is a single wide plank of mahogany (that I had to amazingly rip down to make the seat). All the housed joints are assembled with hide glue and elm wedges so that the chair can be repaired long in the future.
The finish is super blonde shellac with a thin coat of black wax, which tones down the red and accentuates the wood’s pores.
Purchasing the Chair
We’re selling this chair via a random drawing. If you wish to buy the chair, send an email to lapdrawing@lostartpress.com before 5 p.m. (Eastern) on Friday, June 7. Please use the subject line: “Hobbit Chair.” In the email please include your:
- Name
- U.S. shipping address
- Daytime phone number (this is for the trucking quote only)
On June 7, we will pick a name at random and contact that person. Note that if you don’t hear from us on Friday, you did not win (sorry – the mail program has made bulk replies impossible). We will happily crate up the chair and ship it to your door. (I’m sorry but the chair cannot be shipped outside the U.S.) Shipping and crating is included in the price, with no additional charges whatsoever.
This is the last Hobbit chair for awhile (and last mahogany chair for awhile). I have a new design in my notebook that I am eager to bring into the world.
— Christopher Schwarz
What a beautiful chair! I particularly love how you created the hands on the ends of the arms (I’m filing that one away for future
theftreference), and how those shapes interact with the proud short stick tenon ends and the shapes on the ends of the shoe! All in all: gorgeous!The grain and sheen on that backrest (?) is astonishing. Way far from my style of furniture, and way, way far from my budget, but wow, just stunningly beautiful. If you did anything fancy to finish it, I’d love to know–if you just found the right board for the job, kudos…
Wow, very fine chair!
Beautiful chair and well beyond my abilities/budget. The last photo… are those screws securing the backrest? Again, beautiful chair, thank you.
Not screws. Miller Dowels (tapered wooden pegs).
Stunning chair. Jealous of that mahogany!
What is the black wax you use? That looks like about the exact type of finish I want on some eucalyptus that I’m working with right now.
Cheers,
Dan
Liberon Black Bison Wax in “dark oak.”
Thank you!
I will forever regret failing to bid on this. Love this chair!