One day I want to reproduce this chair... Honestly, it may come from the 60's but it is still beloved. It is unfortunately becoming dangerously old and weathered now. Even so, I still use it daily - I have my breakfast there, as well as my tea at sunset - because I cannot find a more practical and comfortable lounger around, yet. I think it could easily be reproduced in meranti or perhaps oak, beside all the wood used is 4x2 cm cuts, so no funny business there. So I decided to take the dimensions quick as well as some pertinent construction shots for future reference.
When I told some of my brothers and handy friends about my idea, most of them asked for the details too, so I shared it with them as well as the rest of my brothers and handy friends, in the hope that even just one would give it a try and allow these exact proportions to live on in future. I've seen similar chairs online, but at their lowest settings, I still can't find this perfect angle of restful recline, so I'll share it on here too.
Now bear with me, I'm a girly girl trying to explain what I think is important in manufacturing a replica of an existing chair. The first attachment is my rough sketch with the important bits and measurements and then I'll post pictures with descriptions of my findings, to better explain the sketch.
NB: Just to confirm - the frame length measurements for outside parts such as the 122 cm of "panel A" is from end to end, while for the inside frame part (47 cm), is the space between the two 122 cm parts (so not including the width of the 122 cm parts). In other words, you need to add 4 cm to the measurements on the sketch for the total length of the cross bars on the panels and support.
To start, I want to mention that I observed two kinds of joints on the chair, the first kind I've marked with a *.
These were used on all the stationary end bits that kept the structural integrity of each frame and support. They all measured 5 cm from end to centre of joint.
All of those were joined straight, apart from the top one by the head, which was joined at a 45 degree angle.
And I also noticed that the cross bar on the support piece that slots into the bottom cut-away was cut different from the rest - 2 cm in, it tapers at a 45 degree angle that ends in a point.
The second kind of joint I observed was used on all the moving bits and I marked those with a circle around the *. Here you can see the outside...
...then the inside of the joint used. On panel A, these connect 41 cm from the top and 40 cm from the bottom respectively. And 32 cm from the bottom on panel B.
On panel B the first cut-away was cut 15 cm from the end. It goes in straight for about 1 cm and tapers out gradually to the next cut-away which is 10 cm from the first one, onto the next which is 10 cm from the second one. So there are three cut-away in total.
The fabric is a very strong and stiff sort of canvas, wrapped around a half-round bar of wood, of which the dimensions are in the sketch. It is the same length as the width of the fabric. The length of the fabric on the sketch includes the bits wrapped around the half-bar of wood.
This wrapped half-bar strip of wood is in turn attached as such with screws, on both ends of the chair - "panel A" top, and "panel B" bottom, respectively.
If you have any other questions, I'll gladly check it out for you. Also should anyone get around to making it one day, please send me pictures and let me know if you ran into any snags or have some suggestions.
I'm very excited about this project and definitely want to make my own chair too, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
WORDS: rhodenel©9OCT2024
ILLUSTRATION: rhoderuth©9OCT2024
PHOTOGRAPHY: rhoderuth©2May2008; rhoderuth©9OCT2024
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