I have three similar chairs. I was told that they are early 19th century "Peekskill ballroom chairs" I can't explain why a ballroom chair would be...
If that seat is original, then not older than c.1870. I would say last quarter of the 19th century, just to be vague. ;) You might check the older...
Or something! There is a set of pear head dolls in the historical society collection here. The Rogue Valley, OR is known for it's pioneer fruit...
Wow, that was too easy. I do occasionally have a "savant" moment. :bookworm:
Trevor, I'm not sure what you mean. Are you talking about the spline (a sort of flexible , chamfered reed) that runs around the edges of the cane...
Looks like it was never drilled for hand-caning. Those would be a bunch of little round holes, as on the chair back. How odd. Can we see the seat...
Roughly, yes.
I have no idea but I like it, so whimsical with the marriage of atomic deco and cottage-y floral. I giggled when i saw what you used for a display...
This is a less common example of the "Lincoln" rocker form, so named because a similar but upholstered version was the chair President Lincoln was...
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Krampus, perhaps? He's all the rage right now. :happy:
AHA!
Nice photos Any J ! The ones I encountered for sale in all the churches in Greece several years ago were inexpensive stamped brass. The church...
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Could it be a tama, a type of votive prayer offering to leave on an alter? The trimmed edges don't look quite right, nor does the mono-bosom...
Oh right! I thought those were corner moldings. Duh.
I'm not seeing any hinges. Are you talking about the keyhole escutcheons? Or the drawer pulls?
I agree, a mid-to late 19th century revival piece. The stretchers and leg turnings are simpler and less graceful than the early versions, the...
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