Preserving the Past with an Antique Tub Chair

Posted on August 24, 2010 | Category: Decorating Trivia, Featured

If you have visited any of your local coffee shops, you are probably familiar with a certain design of leather chair. The back is a single arching curve that merges into the arms of the chair, highest at the back, sloping toward the front. The seat is a long U-shaped cushion that is met by a gently sloping backrest. The chair you have been admiring is called a tub chair. They were common household pieces of furniture in the twenties and thirties and are currently experiencing resurgence in the American household.

If you have finally decided that you would like to purchase a tub chair and you have the money available, you should look into an antique tub chair. Antiques, in general, cost more to acquire, but they have the advantage of being time tested. And an antique will keep its value more than your everyday warehouse produced modern piece of furniture. For style, there is no better choice. If you want a piece for sitting and reading, an antique might not be for you.

You know that you have found a great buy when there is no way to establish the manufacturer or builder. Typically, at least according to the Tub Chair Specialist, if it seems impossible to establish who built a piece, it means that it was designed by an individual craftsman and therefore is a unique one of a kind chair. Otherwise a designer such as Old Hickory can be a great place to start your hunt. They make a variety of designs from cloth upholstered to leather. The chairs are made with the long haul in mind. They are created in style and constructed in care. Each joint is painstakingly connected. The upholstery is stretched over the chair tightly to keep it in good condition.

As a conversation starter, or an art display, an antique is a unique avenue. A careful eye will identify a quality piece of furniture and you will find yourself defending your homestead. After the fifth offer, “What will you take for that chair?” you might finally realize what a great purchase you made in buying the antique tub chair.

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