This is another piece of furniture I fell for at the auction, a really torn apart, worn yet loved arm chair which I thought would be another great way to exhibit my work on for the final exhibition. This bid was before the chaise longue as I thought the chaise longue was going to go for far much more than I can afford...how I was wrong.
I went to my first live auction today at Oaklands in Shrewsbury.....and made some biddings...and WON this beautiful antique chaise longue. It needs some work on it before the exhibition in September but other than that it is just what I was looking for; opulant, elegant, grand and exquisite! It has been reupholstered with a burnt orange velvet, however, peeking underneath there is a torn and worn dark leather so I may strip back the new fabric to reveal this original and distressed leather. I shall also darken the wood. The next job though is to get it down to Birmingham.
