JAIC 1980, Volume 19, Number 2, Article 3 (pp. 75 to 88)

REPAIR OF A SIDE CHAIR WITH PERFORATED PLYWOOD SEAT

Walter Angst

ABSTRACT—The repair of a mahogany side chair with a perforated, bent plywood seat is detailed.Broken fragments of the seat were rejoined by pushing the parts up into a tentlike formation and pressing them down so that the fractures would mesh. Based on six specific requirements of the adhesive needed for this repair, a survey of over 300 different glues was conducted, and a list of some 40 possibilities was established. After tests were made to determine the rate of shrinkage, an aliphatic liquid glue was injected into the fractures flexed into place. The voids in the seat were filled with thin pieces of plywood of which the top ply was replaced with mahogany veneer, which was fitted and glued in. The replacements were stained, finished with shellac and rubbed down with paraffin oil. Many small lacunae were filled with a colored synthetic wax. A perforated plywood support, a former repair, was removed from beneath the seat, but the underside of the chair was left as found.

Article Sections:

1. EXAMINATION
2. TREATMENT
1. APPENDIX A: Bibliography
a: Appendix , Notes , References

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