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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 873419, member: 5170"]I had a high-backed chair that was a reproduction of one of the dining room chairs at Chatsworth in England ca. 1680, only the chair was maybe 3/4 scale...definitely smaller, but otherwise identical to the original. It was made in Philadelphia ca. 1900. It was just as convincingly carved as yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>For your pair of chairs, France seems right, probably ca. 1880-1900. the turnings below seat level look like that time period, you can believe me or not. I'm not going to get into a detailed argument about it. Suffice it to say that your chairs are beautiful, carved in an accomplished fashion, and should be a point of pride in your household whether they're from 1880 or 1780. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the chair with the striped upholstery? I'd say another revival piece, this one utilizing 17th century-style carving, but with the dimensions adapted to the late 19th century. There were lots of different revivals in the late 19th century, some mix n' match, some more academic, that created this kind of chair, and many others. The level of execution was often very high, just look at the Meeks and Belter rosewood chairs coming out of New York City in the 1850s. </p><p><br /></p><p>We don't usually provide values on this site because there are so many variables in reader's locations, economics, etc. If I were to see your pair at auction in the U.S. midwest, I would not expect them to go higher than $150, unless there was some kind of reliable provenance to go with them. Sadly, chairs are often overvalued. Yours are beautiful and took a lot of effort to create, but here in the era of the depressed antique market they don't usually get what they seem to be worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 873419, member: 5170"]I had a high-backed chair that was a reproduction of one of the dining room chairs at Chatsworth in England ca. 1680, only the chair was maybe 3/4 scale...definitely smaller, but otherwise identical to the original. It was made in Philadelphia ca. 1900. It was just as convincingly carved as yours. For your pair of chairs, France seems right, probably ca. 1880-1900. the turnings below seat level look like that time period, you can believe me or not. I'm not going to get into a detailed argument about it. Suffice it to say that your chairs are beautiful, carved in an accomplished fashion, and should be a point of pride in your household whether they're from 1880 or 1780. Oh, and the chair with the striped upholstery? I'd say another revival piece, this one utilizing 17th century-style carving, but with the dimensions adapted to the late 19th century. There were lots of different revivals in the late 19th century, some mix n' match, some more academic, that created this kind of chair, and many others. The level of execution was often very high, just look at the Meeks and Belter rosewood chairs coming out of New York City in the 1850s. We don't usually provide values on this site because there are so many variables in reader's locations, economics, etc. If I were to see your pair at auction in the U.S. midwest, I would not expect them to go higher than $150, unless there was some kind of reliable provenance to go with them. Sadly, chairs are often overvalued. Yours are beautiful and took a lot of effort to create, but here in the era of the depressed antique market they don't usually get what they seem to be worth.[/QUOTE]
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