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A gentleman brought in this chair considering having a similar one made using a different wood. For several days I postponed calling with a price, trying to decide why the chair was so interesting visually.
Eventually I realized I kept looking back at the chair because there is so much visual tension in the design. In most chairs, the back legs are closer together than the front legs, but that is just the beginning here. The front legs lean towards the back, the seat slopes forward, and both edges of the back legs are curved, but they are not parallel. The top of the rear legs is wider than the top cross member is thick, so the back top of the rear legs are scooped to transition between the two dimensions.
At 20 1/2″ off the floor, the front edge of the seat is higher than the normal 18-19″. With the pronounced seat slope, I wonder if the chair was designed for a particular use, perhaps paired with a drafting table.
The owner finds the chair very comfortable, but about 1 1/2″ too tall. If another is made, it would use primary and accent woods to match the intended use and immediate surroundings.
Sometimes a design can be just unique enough constantly to invite closer examination and study. In certain situations this uniqueness can be a feature, othertimes a distraction. But this chair has been a delight to have in the workshop these last few days.