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<p>[QUOTE="Southern Restorations, post: 185632, member: 3357"]I came across this unique glider during a recent trip to the north Georgia mountains. The guy I purchased it from said it had been in his barn since about the 1960s. I have 2 questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Does anyone have any information on this piece? I'm having trouble identifying it and there are no markings anywhere on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. I plan to finish restoring it for my own home. I need to figure out a solution for the bottom cushion. It looks like it used to have a pad of some sort on it but again I'm having trouble finding any information or original pictures to go off of. Does anyone have some input as to how to recreate a bottom pad that functions with the built in springs? This is what makes this piece really unique so I want to use it rather than just recreating a separate pad to sit on top of the base. Also the piece of material that's currently attached is not original, I can tell it was added afterward by the way it's attached so don't go by that. See pictures below, thanks in advance:</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 1147]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 1148]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 1149]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 1150]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 1151]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Southern Restorations, post: 185632, member: 3357"]I came across this unique glider during a recent trip to the north Georgia mountains. The guy I purchased it from said it had been in his barn since about the 1960s. I have 2 questions: 1. Does anyone have any information on this piece? I'm having trouble identifying it and there are no markings anywhere on it. 2. I plan to finish restoring it for my own home. I need to figure out a solution for the bottom cushion. It looks like it used to have a pad of some sort on it but again I'm having trouble finding any information or original pictures to go off of. Does anyone have some input as to how to recreate a bottom pad that functions with the built in springs? This is what makes this piece really unique so I want to use it rather than just recreating a separate pad to sit on top of the base. Also the piece of material that's currently attached is not original, I can tell it was added afterward by the way it's attached so don't go by that. See pictures below, thanks in advance: [GALLERY=media, 1147]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 1148]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 1149]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 1150]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 1151]glider by Southern Restorations posted Nov 2, 2016 at 1:25 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]
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