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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 10520719, member: 6444&quot;]Thank you, those are both excellent links and well worth reading by anyone with an interest in early chairs. To quote the first: “The simple legs, arms, slats, and stretchers are typical of small chairs made in New England until well into the 19th Century.”</p><p><br /></p><p>So as I said initially based on the pics shown: “without something indicating otherwise, I would judge that a 19th century chair.”</p><p><br /></p><p>As your links also show, there are major stylistic differences that can be used to pin down certain times and areas, and these chairs can still be rather desirable to the collectors of American antique furniture. Many of these more desirable models are seen in your links, which any aspiring collector should study and embrace. But with a chair as simple as the one that started this conversation, one always assumes the worst because these are so easy to make that there are many, many late examples out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>And thank you for taking part in an actual conversation (i.e. using WORDS)![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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