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Questions & Q. Fred - I saw a post of yours on a web page concerning the

replacement of a leather insert in a chair. Do you know if and where a
Common Sense Answers replacement could be purchased?

—Thanks, Tim.
with Fred Taylor A. Tim - A replacement seat for your chair is available from Van
Dykes Restorers in Woonsocket, SD, (800) 558-1234 or online at
www.vandykes.com. Use the “search” block for “leather seats.”
Q. I am interested in finding out anything on the “Daisy Line” of You can acquire genuine leather replacement seats or you can
furniture manufactured in Faribault, Minn. We have a secretary desk acquire a fiber seat for much less. The leather models run in the $35
with a stamp inside a drawer identifying it as belonging to this line of range. The fiber seats are about $9. Some of the chairs made around
furniture. the turn of the century with embossed “leather” seats were not leather
—Thanks. Connie W. at all. They were simply densely pressed paper but they looked like
A. Connie - The “Daisy Line” was a trade name of the Peterson Art the real thing. This type of seat was available in hardware and dime
Furniture Co. in Faribault. Peterson, established in 1865, specialized in stores well into the 1950s. Check you chair to make sure which version
so-called “auxiliary” or “novelty” furniture, i.e. accent and decorative you have.
pieces rather than whole house furnishings. Most of their line was The arrangement of the tacks in your chair is called “finger
made up of desks, bookcases and combinations of the two. In the late spacing”, named after the distance between the tacks. When the tacks
1920s, they had six factories, four in Faribault and two in Waterville, are placed touching each other the term is “toe to toe”. Be sure to
Minn. Most of their work was in Early American or Early English style. If order new tacks for your chair. The standard upholstery tacks used in
you can send me some photos of your desk I may be able to help you nailhead trim are called “French natural”. Order your new seat slightly
with age, style, wood etc. Thanks. larger than the existing seat so that you can trim it to fit. Either type
of seat, leather or fiber, can be
stained and finished to alter the
More St. Petersburg Area color and appearance to more

closely complement your chair.
Antique Dealers Thanks for writing. Nice chair -

good luck with it.

Q. I purchased the attached
Memory Lane —NOW OPEN— piece of furniture at auction.
Antique Mall — AT LEFT BANK — I believe this actually sat on

top of a cabinet or buffet. I
have it on my wall because it
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