Another Pressback Chair Makeover!

This might be my favorite chair that I own. It was my great grandmother's, and dates from the turn of the twentieth century. It has a beautiful Art Nouveau design pressed into it. My mom also has its sibling, which we have now painted a cottage grey. These chairs have a long history of makeovers. First they had the typical late Victorian dark stain and finish, which had bubbled up nicely by the time my mom decided they needed their first makeover in the 1960's. This saddens me, I sure would have loved to see their original finish...but moving on. My mom painted the chairs red and then an antiquing glaze over it. Then in the 1990's she sanded them both down with the intentions of repainting and never did. So when I got my chair it was sanded with leftover red paint in places. I decided to do a black over red with distressing, since the red was already there. Then I put a top coat of Minwax polycrylic over it. I think my chair looks amazing! Check it out.