Antique of the week

This is just something i have decided i am going to write about each week.  i love writing and i love antiques, so why not combine those two loves.  And since i want to work on my writing and do more of it, this will be a great exercise for me :)  Also, since i am not in a financial place to go and do a great deal of antiques shopping, i will enjoy the things that i do have and enjoy talking about them.  i will go ahead and say, though, that technically many things will not be antiques as they are not yet at least 100 years old.  Close, but not yet.  Thanks!

This is my needlepoint chair.  It belonged to Grandmother and i came into possession of it after her passing.  i have always loved this chair....as long as i remember. It did not always have the needlepoint on it, but more about that later.  My grandparents bought this chair to begin housekeeping with when they got married in 1933, so as of today it's at least 83 years old...holding up pretty well i'd say, but of course furniture used to be made to last unlike today.  It always had some kind of ivory upholstery on it.  The arms and legs are solid mahogany.  The legs specifically are the claw and ball style.

When you entered Grandmother's house, this was the first chair you encountered in her living room.  It was just to the left when you walked in.  Almost any time i sat in the living room, this was my go to chair.  i felt so classy sitting in it...and i still do.  Now, if company was over, chances were that i wouldn't get to sit there as company always had preference :)  Still, i always knew that was my chair.  Once, Grandmother asked me to tell her some of the things of hers that i might one day want.  Two things immediately came to mind:  the needlepoint chair and the Gov. Winthrop secretary (i ended up with both, btw)  It's just a special piece for me and i love it.

Some time in the early 90's, someone gave Grandmother a bunch of unfinished needlepoint pieces.  i believe that they had belonged to a friend of hers who had passed on and their children asked Grandmother if she wanted them.  One of the sets of needlepoint were these matching chair back and seat.  Not much work had been done on them yet.  Grandmother finished them and had the chair redone with the new pieces.  We were all amazed how great it turned out.

This chair is now in my living room.  Sitting in it brings back so many fond memories.  i will cherish it for the rest of my life.