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This is another example of rush seat and this one has a lot of ware on it not unusual it's
dries out the ones that they put on today are made of paper there not like the original
ones where they went to the bogs and they actually pulled these rushes out of the bogs
and did them that way. The paper seats tend to not last quit as long but they have a thicker
heavier you can see here this is a thinner seat the weave on it here the way it's turning
and I'll show you over here on this rush seat. You can see it's a paper rush and this over
here has a much thicker weave to it that's a wider but it's made of paper so it's not
going to last and it doesn't have the same color or patina to it. It's very dry looking
you can if you want stain these down and obviously if the seats gone you want to put something
in it. There are people that would use natural rush in there but economically you want to
have a paper seat put in it's a lot cheaper so that's something to think about when your
rerushing a seat or resplinting a seat. This is paper and I don't particularly it's not
my first choice but you'll see a lot of this out there so you can recognize it when your
looking at these chairs. Something to think about if your buying a chair that doesn't
have a seat and you need to put one in so that's a little a few examples of the different
types of seats on these 18th century chairs.