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Discussion in 'Furniture' started by AVB, Mar 24, 2020.

  1. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    I'm beginning to think the OP's chair might be English instead of American.
    I found this (unfortunately the listing is no longer available).
    From pic.click/UK Listed as Victorian Regency.

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  3. AVB

    AVB Member

    Wow! Thanks for all the info. I'm posting a few close ups of the arms - not as curved and seamless as the photos you've all shared which makes me think they're mass produced.
     

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  4. AVB

    AVB Member

     

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  5. AVB

    AVB Member

    Yeah, the legs are definitely throwing me off.
     
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  6. AVB

    AVB Member

    Does "stretcher base" refer to the cross bars between the legs?
     
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  7. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I'd say all above is correct. Although similar in form to Hitchcock chairs, i don't think they are because of the "saber" legs, hitchcock are almost always turned legs.
     
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  8. Jeff Drum

    Jeff Drum Well-Known Member

    First of all, most 19th century "hitchcock" chairs that are found these days were made by companies other than Hitchcock back in the 19th century. There were a lot of 19th century companies making and competing with similar chairs, some with turned legs some not, because they were popular and cheap to make in a mass production factory.

    True that most 19th century factory chairs we see used turned legs, but not all. I showed an example of a commonly seen 19th century side chair using the identical "saber" legs as used on OP chair. See below and compare. If the same leg and stretcher was used in the 19th century, then how does the leg and stretcher lead one to conclude that it can't be from that time?

    I have no idea when the OP chair was made. We don't have adequate pics to make a conclusion as I've said before. But based on the design and the pics we've seen, it is altogether possible that it is a 19th century US factory made chair. Of course could also be newer or made somewhere else, as I've also said all along. But style doesn't dictate that it is newer - the conclusion about where and when it was actually made should rest on details of construction and wear which we haven't seen so far.

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  9. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Such beautiful chairs!

    Hey, @AVB please try to insert full sized images... A lot easier for folks to view and compare scrolling up and down.

    If it's your file use the "Upload a file" button under the post, then select "Full image," or "All full images" if you have more than one.

    If it's an image off the internet, you can right click on it to get the image location, and use the picture/mountain icon to paste it in.

    Thanks for sharing :)
     
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  10. AVB

    AVB Member

  11. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Well done, @AVB!

    Notice that if you click on one, you'll see an even larger version (depending on how it was saved).
     
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  12. AVB

    AVB Member

    @scoutshouse Thank you for your help :)
     
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  13. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Jeff's examples are very similar in construction, so I might be coming around to his thoughts. As suggested, some more pics of construction are in order. A few pics of the underside construction would be particularly helpful.
     
  14. AVB

    AVB Member

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  15. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Cute doggie:cat:

    @verybrad
    Aren't these peg covers to hide screws?
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  16. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    They don't look refinished... You did a bang-up job :)

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  17. AVB

    AVB Member

    Didn't sand, just re-stained.
     
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  18. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    They are indeed
     
  19. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Ahhh... :)
     
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