Antique Wingback seating Pair - Period anyone?

Hi everyone, This is my first post and my hobby is antiques and collectables. These chairs have castors which are brass at the rear and ceramic to the front. They are also different chairs underneath the same fabric. Can anyone help date them please?

 

Hi, Tom, and welcome! Someone more knowledgable about furniture than I will come along shortly and... ask for more photographs in order to assist you.

Debora

 

Welcome. Interesting they tried to get them to look like a pair. I have two Lincoln drape Aladdin lamps that I do the same thing with. Most people don't notice, but they are really dissimilar.

 

Hard to date pieces that have been reupholstered. Based on the lack of detail to the feet, I am thinking 20th century. Could be as early as the teens or as late as the 50s

 

Thank you for your reply - I have been previously told Edwardian

 

Queen Anne style, 20th century

 

Hi Tom and WELCOME to ANTIQUERS!! With the "bones" of your chairs so thoroughly covered up, it would be hard to tell, unless your upholsterer took pictures while 'he' had it stripped down!! That being said, the two most prolific guys here have just given their opinions above.....can't add to that!!!

 

Casters are pretty old. Since they are different from each other, think probably one type is a replacement. Same on both chairs? Another thought; maybe two casters from each chair used per chair to have them match. Either way, think these put these to earlier rather than later in 20th century. This would fit with Edwardian period.

 

Thank you all for your welcome and excellent contribution. Its good to know the period. The casters are a close match on both chairs however not the same, however both have the brass at the rear and ceramic at the front. I will consider all this with the offer I have had for them. I feel I am getting low balled.

 

personally i would like to see how the front legs on the left hand chair are attached under the burlap sack.

 

Hi Alex,
I am reluctant to remove the hessian base however I can report that the feet are part of a frame that runs the front of the seat base.

 

hi tom

the issue i have found with these chairs is that from the feet up your chair has exact mates on christies and sothebys listed as james 11. your dutch feet i have seen on pieces from 1720. anyone can add wheels at any time. it depends on what it looks like up inside. does it look like a man with modernish tools made it or does it look really rough like a pet beaver was the main tool? is there a roughly shaped quarterroundish block on either side of the leg. are there screws or nails.
they can be worth a fortune or just a little. yours i would have looked at closer myself just in case.

peace

 

Hi,
What the measurements from the floor to the bottom of the rail? Around 17 inches is the norm now. Remember the really old ones are much closer to the floor since people were shorter then.
greg

 

Thanks Alex - I will be beavering away tomorrow to investigate further. T

 

These are 7 inches at the rear and 8 inches at the front. Its a low seating position but rather comfortable.

 

Hi,
Have to think they are a lot older than I first thought. Thank you for the measurements.
greg