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<p>[QUOTE="Sedona, post: 3771380, member: 4438"]Hello, everyone. This wood armchair was purchased by my in laws from a Los Angeles area antique store in the 1980s. It’s a little workhorse of a chair (not babied at all), and is very sturdy for its size. The arms themselves are just over 12” long, and the chair back is 16” across. The wood has a wonderful grain (oak?) and the wood is very, very smooth. I have many vintage and antique chairs, and this wood is the smoothest.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a drop-in seat with new upholstery. The slats are vertical. There are wooden pins or dowels fastening the chair together. When you take out the drop in seat and look into the chairs, you can see old screws. There is no visible hardware when you flip the chair upside down. There are what look to be replacement modern screws put in where the arms meet the frame, for support. The arms have an interesting bend in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven’t seen any other chair like this, so I can’t trace it to any particular country or era. I’m turning to my fellow Antiquers for assistance!</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for the sideways orientation. I took the photos the correct way, and they are upright on my photo library.[ATTACH=full]315446[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]315447[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315448[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315450[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]315451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315452[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315453[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]315454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315455[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sedona, post: 3771380, member: 4438"]Hello, everyone. This wood armchair was purchased by my in laws from a Los Angeles area antique store in the 1980s. It’s a little workhorse of a chair (not babied at all), and is very sturdy for its size. The arms themselves are just over 12” long, and the chair back is 16” across. The wood has a wonderful grain (oak?) and the wood is very, very smooth. I have many vintage and antique chairs, and this wood is the smoothest. It has a drop-in seat with new upholstery. The slats are vertical. There are wooden pins or dowels fastening the chair together. When you take out the drop in seat and look into the chairs, you can see old screws. There is no visible hardware when you flip the chair upside down. There are what look to be replacement modern screws put in where the arms meet the frame, for support. The arms have an interesting bend in them. I haven’t seen any other chair like this, so I can’t trace it to any particular country or era. I’m turning to my fellow Antiquers for assistance! I apologize for the sideways orientation. I took the photos the correct way, and they are upright on my photo library.[ATTACH=full]315446[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]315447[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315448[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315450[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]315451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315452[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315453[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]315454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315455[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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