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<p>[QUOTE="Matt Johnson, post: 2423672, member: 15775"]A while ago I bought 4 beautiful Louois xv chairs. Ever since, I have problems dating them to the period of their origin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]263953[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They were upholstered with this greenish brocade. Sadly only one of them survived, the other were pretty damaged. It was probably silk since I tried burning a small piece and it didn't burn like synthetics. Underneath they were stuffed with black (probably horse?) hair.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chairs were damaged over the years and someone tried fixing them (pretty badly tho).</p><p><br /></p><p>They have been upholstered a few times over the time since they have a few rows of nail holes. Some of them are almost black, I guess the iron corroded and stained the wood.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]263954[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]263955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263956[/ATTACH]</p><p>There are also various cutting marks on the inside.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]263957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263958[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Beautiful carvings.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]263959[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]263960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263961[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They are kinda lower than usual chairs and a bit wider.</p><p>I don't think they are french, perhaps italian?</p><p>If someone could help me identify the region of origin and perhaps put them in some time frame I'd be very happy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Matt Johnson, post: 2423672, member: 15775"]A while ago I bought 4 beautiful Louois xv chairs. Ever since, I have problems dating them to the period of their origin. [ATTACH=full]263953[/ATTACH] They were upholstered with this greenish brocade. Sadly only one of them survived, the other were pretty damaged. It was probably silk since I tried burning a small piece and it didn't burn like synthetics. Underneath they were stuffed with black (probably horse?) hair. The chairs were damaged over the years and someone tried fixing them (pretty badly tho). They have been upholstered a few times over the time since they have a few rows of nail holes. Some of them are almost black, I guess the iron corroded and stained the wood. [ATTACH=full]263954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263956[/ATTACH] There are also various cutting marks on the inside. [ATTACH=full]263957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263958[/ATTACH] Beautiful carvings. [ATTACH=full]263959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263961[/ATTACH] They are kinda lower than usual chairs and a bit wider. I don't think they are french, perhaps italian? If someone could help me identify the region of origin and perhaps put them in some time frame I'd be very happy![/QUOTE]
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