I have been fixing up an old chair for a bloke - it required complete Reggie and a new front stretcher. I could see at least 4 different repair attempts over time including a new front leg at one point. I suspect that the oldest repair attempt was a swag of nails through the corner brackets (doubling as support for a loose seat.
I noticed the old nails have square heads and wondered if that is a clue to the age of those first dodgy repairs? I have seen similar nails in my house which dates to the early 1920s.
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