[Illustration: Fig. 227. The Barrel Stave Hammock.]
[Illustration: Fig. 228. Tying the Staves Together.]
The Barrel Armchair.
[Illustration: Fig. 229. The Armchair Frame.]
[Illustration: Fig. 230. Casters on the Chair.]
Aside from the hammock and the rustic furniture there was a fine armchair,
made from a barrel that had been sawed off, as in Fig. 229, to form the
arms and back. The barrel was raised from the ground by setting it on a
couple of boards arranged in the form of a V. Then a caster was fastened
to the point of the V and another at each end, making a three-legged
chair of it. The chair was upholstered with ticking stuffed with straw.
First a piece of ticking large enough for the back was laid on the ground
and covered over with an even layer of straw. Over the straw a second
piece of ticking was laid, making what Bill called a "straw sandwich."
This was nailed to the chair back along the edge and at the bottom,
drawing the cloth as taut as possible. To make a better finish for the
chair, the ticking was covered with dark red denim. Then strips of braid
were laid on the chair back, crossing each other like a lattice. At the
crossing points of the braid brass-headed tacks were nailed right through
the sandwich into the wood, producing the padded upholstered effect.
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