HI Cousin Meg: Computer online 101. Put a photo of the chair online, and then people will know precisely what you are talking about. A picture is worth a thousand words. Stephen On Sep 1, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Meg Greenwood wrote: > A few years ago I purchased a small 6 inch tall souvenir Orkney > Chair on > eBay. As I recall it was shipped from Scotland but not the Orkney > Islands. Would like some opinions and hopefully hard facts on J. W. > LINKLATER who lived or worked at The Retreat in "Finstown, Kirkwall, > Orkney, Scotland" I know Finstown isn't in Kirkwall, but for some > reason, the label on this souvenir says exactly that. > > Its not a hooded chair and its rather sturdily built for a souvenir. > Legs are large in scale to the rest of the chair. Small diameter > twisted straw type roping is used for the back and its stitched > internally up and down to keep it all in line. Arms have the > traditional scroll at the handrest and a non-working drawer is denoted > by a simple strip of red leather across the front piece [at the leg > level] with a tack in the center as a knob. Seat is not rushed, its > solid wood and rounded at the back to match the curve of the straw. > There is no signature and no initials have been found, only this label > under the chair seat and its stuck on over the finish. > > Can someone give me an opinion on when this might have been made ? > I'm > guessing 70s because it still looks so sturdy and the construction was > time-intensive. It has some yellowing varnish so its seen time > pass, or > maybe just a lot of sun. Meg Greenwood Oklahoma USA > =================== > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >