A new life for an old chair

History of the chair

- time of transition

- appearanceof the chair

Chair before the refurnishing

dirty cover

broken seat

Removing of old parts

- old cover

-construction of the seat

Removing of old parts

- pulling out the nails -

tools

Wood worm treatment

- treatment with wood worm killer- wrapping in

the film

Closing the holes with hard wax

Surface treatment

sanding staining

Surface treatment

priming of the chair

sanding it again

Patinating

before after

After varnishing

New cover - new life

- keeping the old construction- new materials

Thank you for your attention

Vocabulary listEnglish German

• time of transition Übergangsperiode• period of rapid industrial

expansion in Germany (1871-1873) Gründerzeit

• turned gedrechselt• cover Bezug• to pull out ausziehen• claw Nageleisen• pliers Zange• stapler Tacker• strap Gurt• springs Feder• cleaning solution Waschverdünnung• to wrap einwickeln• leakage Entweichen• hard wax Hartwachs• soldering iron Lötkolben• plane eben machen, abziehen• scraper Abziehklinge• sand schleifen• sand paper Schleifpapier• to stain beizen• to prime grundieren• spray-gun Spritzpistole• to patinate patinieren• to varnish lackieren • upholsterer Polsterer