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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 10253560, member: 6444"]Comb-back has become an antiquated term of the 20th century. Better name these days for US chairs of approximate first style would be high-back armchair, and chairs of second style would be sack-back armchair.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, first chair likely late 18th to mid 19th century imported from England and not US. Looks to have some repairs (replaced parts)? And as said, second chair is a 20th century reproduction of a late 18th US chair.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 10253560, member: 6444"]Comb-back has become an antiquated term of the 20th century. Better name these days for US chairs of approximate first style would be high-back armchair, and chairs of second style would be sack-back armchair. That said, first chair likely late 18th to mid 19th century imported from England and not US. Looks to have some repairs (replaced parts)? And as said, second chair is a 20th century reproduction of a late 18th US chair.[/QUOTE]
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