Last week a mover that I work with said they damaged a King Chair, and said they would drop it off. I did not know what to expect. When I got back to the shop I was surprised how large the chair was. It took two of us to move it into the shop. Notice the top was broken off.
I was not sure what it was called until I loaded a picture of it on facebook. My brother commented right away. “Cool Griffin Chair.” I looked it up, and indeed it was a Griffin Chair. This is the first time that I had the pleasure to work on one. It is solid Mahogany throughout, and was hand carved. It had a leather seat, also. I looked at similar chairs online, and it is probably worth about $5,000.00.
I had to glue the top back on, and had to restore a lot of the carved pieces that were broken/ missing. I enjoyed working on this chair. I asked my wife if I could move it into the living room for a while. She kindly said NO! Oh well, I had the thought of sitting on the chair, drinking some cold ale, while thinking about what chores I could assign the kids. Anyway below is the result!
Zeke Willard