my entry for chicago home & garden CHAIRS FOR CHARITY

this was a super fun project.

so happy to have been invited....

tried to find a wandawega-esque theme, so i started with 

an antique chesterfield wingback chair.

(imported from france, 1950's era)

then i had the thing trucked up from alabama (it came in on a crate).

 

name:
"THE HEARTH CHAIR"

materials used:
IMPORTED 1950'S LEATHER WINGBACK HEARTH CHAIR. AUGMENTED WITH TARTAN FABRICS, A COLLECTION OF 1920'S FURNITURE TAGS (*FEATHERS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY AN ENORMOUS FLOCK OF PHEASANTS)

retail value:
WORTH AT LEAST ITS WEIGHT IN THE 8675 HAND-PRUNED & APPLIED FEATHERS.

idea behind the chair:

THE HEARTH CHAIR WAS SO NAMED FOR ITS ORIGINAL INTENT OF SITTING IN FRONT OF A FIREPLACE (TO KEEP THE WARMTH OF THE FIRE CLOSE IN TO THE SEATED). IT  EMBRACES THE NOTION OF A ERA WHEN OUR ONLY HEAT CAME FROM A FIREPLACE.  IN TRUE FORM, IT WRAPS IT'S FEATHER-CLAD 'WINGS' AROUND THE GUEST.