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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 3779263, member: 5170"]Hard to date because church furniture tends to be so conservative, but I'm thinking 1840-70. Of course you could get a date if you knew how old the church was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like pine. Has part of it been painted and stripped in the past? Regardless, I like the finish as-is and would put only a coat of Howard's Feed n' Wax on it and call it good. Unless you're planning on sitting on it a lot, or unless the cracked seat poses immediate danger, I'd leave that as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Odd that yours is so lightweight. Ms. Ghopper and I purchased a pine English half-pew from 1820, and it's heavy as iron.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 3779263, member: 5170"]Hard to date because church furniture tends to be so conservative, but I'm thinking 1840-70. Of course you could get a date if you knew how old the church was. Looks like pine. Has part of it been painted and stripped in the past? Regardless, I like the finish as-is and would put only a coat of Howard's Feed n' Wax on it and call it good. Unless you're planning on sitting on it a lot, or unless the cracked seat poses immediate danger, I'd leave that as well. Odd that yours is so lightweight. Ms. Ghopper and I purchased a pine English half-pew from 1820, and it's heavy as iron.[/QUOTE]
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