I have totally become obsessed with the open back wing chair. I have seen them around and have been using them very often in my work. Some of my favorites are the grey leather from Crate and Barrel, our Holt in linen, Lauren Liess's Mad Hatter wing chair and a pair of wing chairs from Suzanne Rheinstein in her New York apartment.
I love this look and I have been searching and searching for something to add to my living area that would give me this look without the big price tag. I found a pair of these beauties at the flea market on Sunday and they have sparked a design revolution in my family room... They are a great smaller scale and beg to be slip covered right now, the pink is not for me and someday I will upholster them in a beautiful grey linen. For now I am thinking a crisp tight fitting white slipcover.
What do you think? Do you like??
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I still mourn the wing back chairs I left in England when I moved to the Bay Area, slipcovered in coarse linen. You feel so cosy sitting in these chairs!
fabulous find...and a slip cover for the time being until you're able to reupholster them is perfect...don't forget to use your cheap cotton dropcloth for the slipcover..it can be dyed..I've tea stained them easily to give a striated effect which looks more "worn" and not so new-ish looking.. and they're cheap..
best of luck..show pics...
maureen
Beautiful chairs - I have an antique wing back that I refuse to give up, even though it's bedraggled and the springs could stand to be retied. Looking for fabric now, the gray linen sounds good...
great lines! I find slips to be as expensive as upholstery these days. nice find!
joan
Great chairs! Go with the gray linen. I think it would be perfect.
I love wing chairs. I fell in love with them when I went to the law enforcement academy years ago, where there were three or four of them in the lobby where I and some of the other cadets would settle and study.So comfortable!
Thanks for sharing.
I love this post!! I'm always love putting a great wing chair in a space.
Like VERY much!
Great chairs, love specially those in picture number 3.
Thanks for sharing.
Hugs.
Tereza
Like? LOVE! I am a Wing (nut?) Chair lover, too! The pair that you bought look brand new! Great find!
Great find...they will be a knock-out when you get them reupholstered!
gorgeous! and they would look perfect as is in my bedroom with my new linen tufted bed! :)
obsessed, me too, me too! i need to find a set for a sitting room of some kind for my weird kitchen. but i've set what may be an unrealistic goal for myself in that i'm hoping to find a vintage pair. we'll see ;)
Christina,
I especially love the gray leather with nail heads.
Karen at Garden, Home and Party dot com
nice! Restoration Hardware has some beautiful linen wing chairs too.
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