Yes, I guess you could say this chair could use a paint job and a little tlc and it will be as good as new. It has a lot of character as it is and that looks like a woven twine seat. Neat chair.
You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being.
- Hermes
And this may be breaking it down to levels unheard of usually :oP ... however ... I think that the subtle placement of the paint behind is more symbolic and fitting to your image here.
Each time I visit your galleries ... there is always ... always at least one photo that jumps out at me, and is indicative of a good innate eye for composition.