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Need help identifying this chair + any ideas for upcycling welcome!

3 years ago

Hi, I'd like to know as much details as anyone can tell me about this chair please. I can see that it's tubular chrome and green leather, but what era? 70's? Or the name of the style?

I feel like it's got potential beyond its current form, but no great ideas yet & looking for inspiration please.

Thanks in advance for any info & ideas!

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My3dogs ME zone 5A

3 years ago

How large is this chair? I ask because it looks like a more modern version of a 'gout stool'.

This is an antique one made from leather and oak that I have. It's approx. 23" long, 14" wide and 15" high at the higher end. Where yours shows a medical aid label, that and it's shape made me wonder!

Link to site mentioning Days Medical Care LTD

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Zizi Z
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3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
@My3dogs ME zone 5A

A 'gout stool' ~ Now that is an interesting concept! I'm going to collect it from the seller it this wk & don't have the measurements as yet, but it absolutely looks something similar, you're right. The medical label was a clue I just couldn't figure out, but that would make perfect sense.

How funny! Lol Thank you :)
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My3dogs ME zone 5A
3 years ago
Do come back and let us know what you find out? Perhaps send your pics to the company that distributed it, and maybe someone there can tell you when it was made.

When I saw mine on Craigslist, I HAD to have it, after I researched it. I don't have gout, but thought it was just so unusual. Mine was used by the elderly seller's great grandfather. I bought it last year, and it's a great conversation piece. Most people today haven't heard of them. I pulled the info just below from this - FURNISHINGS : History’s Been Putting Up With Footstools The article is from the LA Times, written in May 1994.

"By the 17th Century, the footstool concept had trickled down to the common everyday rich folk in the form of a “gout stool.” Then, gout was considered a rich man’s ailment. The gout stool was a means of elevating throbbing feet for relief and protection."

I just found this, which is VERY close to mine, although not in great shape. I don't have a Worthpoint account to see what it sold for - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-gout-stool-rocking-chair-rare-1800-wood

Here's a video on one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LAum-_bbGQ
Zizi Z
Original Author
3 years ago
@My3dogs ME zone 5A

Yours looks right at home on the rug there ~ very nicely constructed!

Thank you for the links, very interesting. And thanks for solving the mystery. I enjoyed the process & have been using it.

Gout always makes me think of ye olde England's 'Henry VIII'. One of those random facts they taught us at school, was that he had it.

I can't bring myself to be thinking about gout everyday though

lol, so in my head it's just a footstool 😁
Zizi Z
Original Author
3 years ago
My3dogs ME zone 5A
3 years ago
Hello! I am back online after 7 days with no Internet....It was like being marooned on an island. Yours is in perfect shape; did you ask the company when it might have been made?
melle_sacto is hot and dry in CA Zone 9/
3 years ago
I had no idea those existed! My husband needs one

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