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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9728291, member: 37"]Agree with the above dating. While this could be French, the precedence for this chair is Spanish. That carved front stretcher pretty much screams Spanish. Also, this type of claw foot is typically known as a <i>Spanish foot</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a similar Spanish chair for comparison....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]473081[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.casavictoriala.com/blog/fun-fabric-vintage-spanish-style-arm-chair" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.casavictoriala.com/blog/fun-fabric-vintage-spanish-style-arm-chair" rel="nofollow">Fun Fabric | Vintage Spanish-style Arm Chair — Casa Victoria - Vintage Furniture On Los Angeles Sunset Boulevard (casavictoriala.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>... and while searching Spanish arm chairs, I happened to run across this even more similar example of your chair. While not specifically billed as Spanish here, it did pop up when searching those terms. Take the price and dating with a grain of salt.....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.chairish.com/product/15017520/19th-century-renaissance-throne-armchair-1850s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chairish.com/product/15017520/19th-century-renaissance-throne-armchair-1850s" rel="nofollow">19th Century Renaissance Throne Armchair, 1850s | Chairish</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9728291, member: 37"]Agree with the above dating. While this could be French, the precedence for this chair is Spanish. That carved front stretcher pretty much screams Spanish. Also, this type of claw foot is typically known as a [I]Spanish foot[/I]. Here is a similar Spanish chair for comparison.... [ATTACH=full]473081[/ATTACH] Source: [URL='https://www.casavictoriala.com/blog/fun-fabric-vintage-spanish-style-arm-chair']Fun Fabric | Vintage Spanish-style Arm Chair — Casa Victoria - Vintage Furniture On Los Angeles Sunset Boulevard (casavictoriala.com)[/URL] ... and while searching Spanish arm chairs, I happened to run across this even more similar example of your chair. While not specifically billed as Spanish here, it did pop up when searching those terms. Take the price and dating with a grain of salt..... [URL='https://www.chairish.com/product/15017520/19th-century-renaissance-throne-armchair-1850s']19th Century Renaissance Throne Armchair, 1850s | Chairish[/URL][/QUOTE]
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