Princess Beatrice Royal Wedding Fascinator Chair

When I first saw the hat that Princess Beatrice wore at the recent royal wedding I thought it would make an interesting chair back. So I decided to have some fun and see how it would look as a chair. I wanted to see if I could reproduce the hat's flowing lines and ribbon shapes out of wood. It gave me a chance to do some carving and shaping. Also, since one of my future projects is a Maloof style rocker I used this as an opportunity to use a Maloof type joint to attach the back legs to the chair seat. I prefer chairs with a high back, so I stretched the design of the hat vertically. Since this was a bit of an experinent it is made of pine. It is finished with a water based stain, to match as close as possible the colour of the fascinator which is described as a "tea rose". Not my favortite colour. If I were to do it again I would use a more natural wood colour.

 

Looks better on the chair than it did on her!

 

IRon

that chair is realy cool . you done a garet job on it .

thanks

 

 

Lovely chair even my wife says the same thing as Ron even before she saw his comments. Must admit I also agree

Thanks. This is my first time posting on this site. I am a hobbist woodworker and I primarly like to build chairs. I will be retiring in 3 months so I will have a lot more time in my workshop. When I saw the Princess' "fascinator" at the royal wedding my first thought was that it would make a very nice chair back.

That really is craftmanship. You have made a stunning job of that.

Add my praise to the others - a super job, especially using a Maloof joint, which is not for the faint hearted.

 

Simon

Thanks. Oneof my next projects is a Maloof style rocker. I have purhcased some beautiful walnut for this project, so this chair proifvided an opportunity to practice this type of joinery. I still have a way to go to get the joint really tight and use less filler!

All I can say to this is WOW!!

 

Looks extremely complicated, yet the end result is absolutely terrific.

 

Someday I hope to be even half as good as this....

 

Gerry

hi woodbridge

just brilliant and i will echo alan T what is a maloof joint

cheers sadsam

Sam Maloof who died at 93 in 2009 is particulalry famous for his iconic rocking chair, which is one of the next projects on my list.

 

 

A brilliant piece of work Woodbridge, a lot better as a chair than a hat if I may say so, I'm glad you didn't choose the one worn by a famous footballers wife .

I had not heard of the Maloof joint till today so did some searching and found Sam Maloof, an artistic woodworker that preferred not to be known as an artist, but I find it rather disturbing that the joint does not seem to be accredited to him.

Thanks for sharing.

Bill.

That is OOOOOOOOh so beautiful!

How I wish that I had the skills and patience to do such amazing work.

Thank you for the privelege of just seeing a picture of it.

 

Richard