[Steppes] Fw: Period-style chair, really cheap!

[lizdenpeters@juno.com]

Good Gentles,

Saw this on another list & thought y'all might find it interesting.

Nuala

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From: Brangwayna Morgan <Bronwynmgn at AOL.COM>
To: SCA-GARB at LIST.UVM.EDU
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:34:22 EDT
Subject: Period-style chair, really cheap!

Anybody looking for a quite period-style chair at an extremely reasonable
price (on sale and with free shipping for the next few days)?  Check this
out!

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/602-7646479-0309428?asin=B000083GJD


While I have not seen one personally, a friend of mine who is interested
in authenticity purchased a pair and was pleasantly surprised at the
soundness of the construction.  He expected them to be very poorly made,
but he says that while they are not of the highest quality, they seem
pretty well constructed and he thinks they'll stand up to some good use.

He doesn't think the finish is typical of the period, and he says the
arms are a bit higher than the period examples, but they are far superior
to, say a director's chair if you are looking to spruce up your
encampment a bit. 


Brangwayna Morgan
Shire of Silver Rylle, East Kingdom
Lancaster, PA
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From: Cynthia Virtue <cvirtue at THIBAULT.ORG>
To: SCA-GARB at LIST.UVM.EDU
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:55:21 -0400
Subject: Re: Period-style chair, really cheap!

I've seen them, and sat in them.  The lack of a back is a problem for
comfort.
 
Here's an essay about medieval folding chairs.  It does have one that
looks like this one.
 
http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/folding/medieval.html
 
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or
Cynthia du Pré Argent
 
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