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<p>[QUOTE="Paise, post: 496039, member: 9841"]Hi to everyone,I am new here and as I know almost nothing about antique furniture I was hoping for some help in indentifying or dating these chairs.My mother got them from a little antique shop here in Atlantic Canada 25yrs ago and was only told then that they were very old.Maybe close to 100yrs. She recently gave them to me as I was always fascinated with them growing up. She is a skeptic and simply bought them because she liked the look but isnt convinced they are anything special. I on the other hand have always been a dreamer and would always picture all the places these chairs may have been over the years and who may of crafted them. The seats have been replaced in recent times,not sure when and it appears to me that the legs have been cut down.Maybe from rot or damage? Any help in learning more about these chairs would be very much appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]163613[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]163614[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is hard to see in the image but there appears to be red on various spots and where the joints meet.May of been painted red at some point?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]163615[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163616[/ATTACH]Below is the bottom view just to show markings around the legs,guessing from the original seat being tied. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]163617[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paise, post: 496039, member: 9841"]Hi to everyone,I am new here and as I know almost nothing about antique furniture I was hoping for some help in indentifying or dating these chairs.My mother got them from a little antique shop here in Atlantic Canada 25yrs ago and was only told then that they were very old.Maybe close to 100yrs. She recently gave them to me as I was always fascinated with them growing up. She is a skeptic and simply bought them because she liked the look but isnt convinced they are anything special. I on the other hand have always been a dreamer and would always picture all the places these chairs may have been over the years and who may of crafted them. The seats have been replaced in recent times,not sure when and it appears to me that the legs have been cut down.Maybe from rot or damage? Any help in learning more about these chairs would be very much appreciated. [ATTACH=full]163613[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]163614[/ATTACH] It is hard to see in the image but there appears to be red on various spots and where the joints meet.May of been painted red at some point? [ATTACH=full]163615[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163616[/ATTACH]Below is the bottom view just to show markings around the legs,guessing from the original seat being tied. [ATTACH=full]163617[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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