Hello all,
Thanks to Brian Holcombe, I now have a need to build a Wegner Valet Chair or two. I am figuring out the lumber and can get local mahogany fairly thick for the legs, including the rear leg that continues up the back. Likely I would use the same for the hanger. I just purchased two pieces of flamed maple for the seat and "wings" on the splat. Hopefully I have not made my first mistake, but my thought is to cut a slight angle on the center strip so the wings glue on slightly angled prior to blending and shaping. I want to resaw one 2 1/8" thick board into a book-matched set that will also match a book-matched seat. The angled wings would be shaped to a curve after gluing. I hope 1" thick will get me there.
Below is a screen grab from the eBay listing I just won for the maple, and the chair I intend to somewhat copy, along with a surfboard to give you the vision I have of a surfboard stripe up the middle. I have some Peruvian walnut to add a contrasting stripe between the center strip and the wings, or perhaps an abalone stripe. I love this chair for the function and style, and the stripe looks like a wood surfboard, so I intend to do it with that thought in mind, accenting the center stripe. I will probably inlay my logo that I do on my surfboards in abalone. The top rail, if you use your imagination, is like the nose of a surfboard.
I also have have an affection for cuff links, so the one I build to keep will have little drawers for storing cuff links. I am thinking tiny drawers for each pair with tiny dovetails.
Thanks Brian Holcombe for the inspiration and it's all your fault.