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<p>[QUOTE="memobug, post: 296686, member: 4689"]I found this card table and chairs at a consignment store. The carving was nice but the green Naugahyde was disturbing, so I passed on it until the price dropped almost $200 to $315, at which point I figured that would make a dent in the reupholstering cost!</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't been able to find this exact set but the chairs (photo 2) are the spitting image of some Maitland-Smith Empire reproductions absent the gold leaf on the swans. (Photo 3) In every other detail I believe they are the same. I don't know much about Maitland-Smith or card tables but the table looks Rococo to me rather than Empire. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would recovering in fabric like the M-S chairs make sense? The Nauga is pretty horrific and not in good condition. I don't play a lot of cards or smoke cigars, but an occasional board game and a place to stage my Buillotte lamp would be cool. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm pretty good at gold leaf so I'm sure I could do that, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]96641[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="memobug, post: 296686, member: 4689"]I found this card table and chairs at a consignment store. The carving was nice but the green Naugahyde was disturbing, so I passed on it until the price dropped almost $200 to $315, at which point I figured that would make a dent in the reupholstering cost! I haven't been able to find this exact set but the chairs (photo 2) are the spitting image of some Maitland-Smith Empire reproductions absent the gold leaf on the swans. (Photo 3) In every other detail I believe they are the same. I don't know much about Maitland-Smith or card tables but the table looks Rococo to me rather than Empire. Would recovering in fabric like the M-S chairs make sense? The Nauga is pretty horrific and not in good condition. I don't play a lot of cards or smoke cigars, but an occasional board game and a place to stage my Buillotte lamp would be cool. I'm pretty good at gold leaf so I'm sure I could do that, too. [ATTACH=full]96641[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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