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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;itsanss, post: 495105, member: 9829&quot;]Hey, guys.&nbsp; I just recently finished restoring my great grandmother&#039;s rocking chair.&nbsp; My great grandmother rocked my great aunt and my grandmother in this rocker when they were babies.&nbsp; If my great aunt were alive, she would be 91 this year so we know the chair is at least that old, but could, obviously, be much older than that.&nbsp; In my brief research, I&#039;ve determined this was a sewing/nursing rocker.&nbsp; I know it&#039;s a long shot to determining the exact age or maker of this as there are many, many types and makers of rocking chairs, but I thought I&#039;d give it a try anyway.&nbsp; The chair was still in one piece but looked terribly rough and dry.&nbsp; There was some damage here and there but nothing too catastrophic.&nbsp; So I dismantled it to the extent of being able to make repairs and then I proceeded to do many, many hours of sanding on this thing.&nbsp; I got 99% of all the old finish(es) off.&nbsp; It appeared that the original color was a fairly dark brown but had been painted over at some point with a mustard-ish color.&nbsp; When my grandma had it, it spent years on a somewhat enclosed porch.&nbsp; So it was protected enough for there to still be a chair left, but not enough to really keep the finish from decaying.&nbsp; It&#039;s been in storage for about 8 years until I recently rescued it.&nbsp; Anyway, I&#039;ll post some before, during, and after pictures!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m super happy with how the chair turned out, especially as it is my first project to restore something like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that my confidence is built up, there is another rocking chair that I&#039;m going to restore that was my grandmother&#039;s when she was a child.&nbsp; My grandmother passed away in November 2018 and I&#039;m going to try and get her rocker restored to be able to present it to my mom in time for Mother&#039;s Day 2019.&nbsp; This particular chair, unlike my great grandmas, is in multiple pieces.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t had a chance to examine it closely and in good lighting, but I&#039;m sure hoping that it can be resurrected.&nbsp; But I&#039;d say, no more than I&#039;ve looked at it, that&#039;s it&#039;s in much worse shape than the one I just finished.&nbsp; But my fingers are crossed for good luck!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, any clues as to how old or whom may have made the chair?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]163370[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163374[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]163376[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]163377[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]163378[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]163379[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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