Recycling - Rail chair reused as table feet

[Henffordd]

I stayed at the Ibis Styles Hotel in Leeds this week. The bedside tables had heavy bases. When I looked closer, they appeared to be re-used rail chairs. Photos attached (yes, the carpet was a bit busy).

Any suggestions about what might have run on them?

 

[ainsworth74]

My first thought is are those actual real rail chairs? They look a little shallow!

 

[Elecman]

My first thought is are those actual real rail chairs? They look a little shallow!

Unlikely as they haven’t been cored for the retaining screws and I don’t recognise the impressed identification stamps

 

[Henffordd]

Thanks, both. I did wonder about the unreamed holes, though I could see that others had been drilled for the upright.

Begs the question of where a casting like this might come from. Seems unlikely that it was commissioned by a table manufacturer....

 

[Ashley Hill]

The second photo appears to have a screw thread, some kind of press?

 

[Henffordd]

More recycling, I think. I didn't look closely at the rest of the table support but yes, looks like a bit of a fly press.

 

[flowcoach]

I googled “t10146 BIBI”, as impressed on the casting, and found this…

https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Home-Garden/Bold-Industrial-Mango-Wood-Stool-13-x-13-x-17/29820547/product.html

 

[LYradial]

I googled “t10146 BIBI”, as impressed on the casting, and found this…

https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Home-Garden/Bold-Industrial-Mango-Wood-Stool-13-x-13-x-17/29820547/product.html

A standard chair is approx. 1foot four inches, that is 16 inches, the table is 17 inches wide, the “chair” the pictures is much smaller than that, so unlikely to be a a real chair I think

 

[Henffordd]

A standard chair is approx. 1foot four inches, that is 16 inches, the table is 17 inches wide, the “chair” the pictures is much smaller than that, so unlikely to be a a real chair I think

... unless, perhaps, from a narrow gauge line in India, given the provenance of the product?

Yes, that looks like the one. Well uncovered, @flowcoach !