Vintage rattan chairs & smoke stand, 60's?

I picked up this set a few days ago for $10. at a yard sale. I needed more seating on my back porch, so not for re-selling, I am keeping them, but in looking around for something similar on the internet this morning...I'm not finding anything. So, it has peaked my interest. The smoke stand has an ashtray in it, that looks similar to the glass ashtrays in the 60's, but I don't know if the ashtray is original to the set, or not, but it does fit the space perfectly.
Maybe I'm not using the correct search terms? I haven't found any markings on them. Any ideas on age, origin, etc., are very welcome. Just curious about them. Thanks for your time.

 

Get out the aspidistra; your smoke stand is for plants. Smoke stands are lower so that Milord and Milady need merely to move an arm parallel to the arm of the chair. Trust me; I know these things. LOL!

However, I don't know the age of those chairs -- am guessing 60's...?

 

Incidentally, those ashtrays sell! Who knew?

 

Lol silver!! Thank you!! Oh geez, I'm such an air head. Never thought of a plant stand. I guess someone just found that the ashtray fit perfectly, and made it into a smoke stand.
(Incidentally, I had to look up the definition of aspidistra, lol )

 

LOL! The proper Victorian dining room, the one with 27 different kinds of spoons, and bleeding pheasants lying on a bed of roses on the walls, ALWAYS had an aspidistra in the bay window just behind Milord's chair at the head of the table.

 

When I owned a three decker in Boston, we did it up quasi-Victorian. The wallpaper was white with big green ferns. I really did have an aspidistra in the bay window! This set would have fit in perfectly.

 

Always loved the name - Aspidistra. LOL
I know hanging one was used as a murder weapon in a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery. heehee

 

I like the name too. It sounds like a particularly venomous pale yellow snake with a red mouth, slithering through the grasses...

ssssssssssssst...

 

My great-grandmother always called hers a "snake plant."

 

When I was a kid we had "snake plants", but they were really sansevieria or, "Mother-in-law's-tongue" which are, I think, related to aspidistra.

 

1. Aspidistra
2. Sanseveria

I had both, but the sanseveria was so tall, it was on the floor. The bay window had aspidistras on the shelf and spider plants hanging down.

 

I'm thinking late 1970s/1980s for the rattan furniture -- was quite a fad then. My MIL had 2 "papasan" rattan chairs that swiveled and rocked -- they were so comfortable.

 

Well, I have to say that what I remember is definitely that second picture - the sanseveria. I should have known better because I've had aspidistras myself, but never a sanseveria. And I've even had my full caffeine fix this morning.

 

My grandmother has sanseveria. I always considered them weapons in case of a home invasion. Nasty things!

 

If the spiders don't getcha, the snakies will!

 

Hi,
The smooth edged ones are snake plants. The ones with the barbed edges are mother-in-law tongues. I wonder why??? I have always loved my MIL's. My first one I should have married instead of her daughter. lol
greg

 

Thanks everyone for your help and the great education!
I'm still not finding anything quite formed like these in my searches.They're just a little different than most of what I'm seeing.

 

Agree that these are 70s-80s. I remember them new in the stores. They were imported but I am not sure from where. Maybe the Philippines?

 

Thanks Brad! So kind of you.