The chair is maple wood with a carved back and came from Holly Springs Farm. The seat was re-caned by my grandfather, S. C. Linton. Mom remembers it being in the upstairs hallway. My sister Carol has a matching chair. Mom said that Mempop showed Carol how to cane and that Carol took one of the chairs home and re-caned it herself. I remember it from my parents house on Round Hill Road, sitting in front of the mirrored dresser in the blue bedroom.
I have the matching chair, although the caning is not as professional. When I was a senior at TJ High, I needed a chair to cane for my Home Ec class with Mrs. Marsh (how cool is that?). I was visiting at the farm (1973-73)and went in the attic and discovered a chair that needed new caning. I remember asking Mempop if I could have it to learn how to cane. I recall he was reluctant to give it away, but agreed. I have always been grateful!
I did learn to cane that year (my first and last experience). Caning is very hard on the fingertips, lots of soaking of the reeds, weaving in and out, if the reeds soaked too long they would discolor. As I was putting the final cane around the perimeter I could not secure the lower right corner into the final hole, so I crossed over it diagonally to the next slot and finished it. That has always bugged me when I look at the chair, however, it just adds character, I suppose. All of these defects you can see on my chair. A labor of love from a gift from Mempop. I got the feeling he did not want to give something to one grandchild and not another (being the fair and compassionate man he was). I believe Mempop was the one who caned your chair, David. You can imagine his fingers working with those reeds to make the chair which we have all enjoyed.
How many of us sat on this chair in the guest room at Round Hill Road by Memaw's dressing table?
The posts on this web log are mostly photos of objects that came from my parent's home when they moved in October 2006. It felt like my world was being taken apart. I didn't really want all this stuff. I liked it where it was; in John and Emily's house. So with this blog I guess I'm trying to put that world back together again. That can't be done. But through the objects in the photos in these "posts," and most importantly through the "comments" and "posts" that other family members add, a new world of memories, recollections and stories can be gathered.
David, May 2008
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The chair is maple wood with a carved back and came from Holly Springs Farm. The seat was re-caned by my grandfather, S. C. Linton. Mom remembers it being in the upstairs hallway. My sister Carol has a matching chair. Mom said that Mempop showed Carol how to cane and that Carol took one of the chairs home and re-caned it herself. I remember it from my parents house on Round Hill Road, sitting in front of the mirrored dresser in the blue bedroom.
David, I really like this picture and I am glad you have this chair. Enjoy!
I have the matching chair, although the caning is not as professional. When I was a senior at TJ High, I needed a chair to cane for my Home Ec class with Mrs. Marsh (how cool is that?). I was visiting at the farm (1973-73)and went in the attic and discovered a chair that needed new caning. I remember asking Mempop if I could have it to learn how to cane. I recall he was reluctant to give it away, but agreed. I have always been grateful!
I did learn to cane that year (my first and last experience). Caning is very hard on the fingertips, lots of soaking of the reeds, weaving in and out, if the reeds soaked too long they would discolor. As I was putting the final cane around the perimeter I could not secure the lower right corner into the final hole, so I crossed over it diagonally to the next slot and finished it. That has always bugged me when I look at the chair, however, it just adds character, I suppose. All of these defects you can see on my chair. A labor of love from a gift from Mempop. I got the feeling he did not want to give something to one grandchild and not another (being the fair and compassionate man he was). I believe Mempop was the one who caned your chair, David. You can imagine his fingers working with those reeds to make the chair which we have all enjoyed.
How many of us sat on this chair in the guest room at Round Hill Road by Memaw's dressing table?
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