Very excited about this and thought the forum would be a good place to share
I have been keeping an eye on ebay etc for a set of bentwood chairs as they seem to be very expensive new and I cant justify spending that amount of cash on dining chairs when I have a perfectly fine set as it is. Anyhow, clicked through to gumtree this morning and was having a look around and there was a set of nicely shaped bentwood chairs that had been given a pretty interesting coat of paint (green, yellow, grey patels shades). Anyhow, i thought i'd go and check them out and probably purchase them as a project for over x-mas, was thinking a nice chocolate, almost black coat of paint would do them the world of good. I hadnt looked at the picture very well but when i turned up to see them they had a lovely patina embossed on the seat which i have seen featured before and just loved. So i purchased them at the bargin asking price ($10 a chair) ... was pretty dark at the time but when i got them home and was stacking them in the garage I noticed a sticker on the underside of one of the chairs "made in poland" was the bit still in tact, so i went looking at the others and they say "mundus" ... turns out mundus and thonet were the same company for a while and I have scored some original antique thonet benchwood chairs. Win!
Too excited to sleep so had to share. Over and out!
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. Be sure to show us a picture when you get a chance.
I’ll be sure to post a photo post project.
Hmmmmm...........................have I been knocked off my perch????
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