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A very sorry example of a Victorian Shield Back mahogany hall chair, note the awkward angle of the left front leg and the butchered attempt at striping the varnish on the back.
With seat removed it's clear why the leg was falling off, a previous attempt at a repair had been made using bits of pine for tennons.	The back leg was the same, the back rail had been made of pine and screwed to the back leg because the mortice had broken away.
The front leg showing the mortice damage. There was nothing to do other than make a new top section and graft it onto the good lower part of the leg.	The same course of action was applied to the rear leg shown here.
The same back leg with new secton joined in prior to staining and polishing.
Yes! it is the same chair with all the mortice and tennons remade in mahogany, new bracings to the frame underneath and a new seat board. All stained with a peruvian mahogany stain and polished ready to go back to the customer.
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