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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 1665288, member: 5170"]Due to its rather rustic take on the ball and stick motif, I doubt that it would have been ebonized. In the U.S. ebonizing was something often done by elite urban makers such as Herter Brothers in New York. Don't know if it was more widespread in the U.K.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd say your chair is a bucolic interpretation of Queen Anne/Aesthetic Movement motifs ca. 1890. Finishing it would improve it markedly IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 1665288, member: 5170"]Due to its rather rustic take on the ball and stick motif, I doubt that it would have been ebonized. In the U.S. ebonizing was something often done by elite urban makers such as Herter Brothers in New York. Don't know if it was more widespread in the U.K. I'd say your chair is a bucolic interpretation of Queen Anne/Aesthetic Movement motifs ca. 1890. Finishing it would improve it markedly IMO.[/QUOTE]
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