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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique wood and upholstered chair with carved women's faces (pair)

« on: September 29, 2010, 04:05:58 pm »

$50 each.   Obviously I'm not an expert, but just looking at them you can tell they are "something." 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique wood and upholstered chair with carved women's faces (pair)

« on: September 29, 2010, 02:06:06 pm »

D&B, thank you so much!  I've been dying to learn some history about the chairs!   If we decide to reupholster the chairs and resell them, what is the best venue for doing so?  Local antique shop or show or web based auction?  Or do you think they are more valuable in their present state?  (One with no upholsery and one with the original.) 

Thank you so much to all who replied!

Val

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique wood and upholstered chair with carved women's faces (pair)

« on: September 28, 2010, 03:09:56 pm »

THANK YOU!  I really like them, too.  Any ideas what they might be worth?  A friend and I purchased them with the thought of fixing them and reselling, but the more I look at them the more I want to keep them!!!!!   

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique wood and upholstered chair with carved women's faces (pair)

« on: September 27, 2010, 08:03:31 pm »

Hi - thanks for your swift reply.  Sorry about that.  Try this link and if it says logon, simply click view this album as a guest.

http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/shareethumbnailshare/AlbumID=3070732017/albumcount=1/p=920271285638555232/l=6762938017/g=7841832/cobrandOid=1000/otsc=SYE/otsi=SAER/first_visit=true/pns/snapfish/share/p=920271285638555232/l=6762938017/g=7841832/cobrandOid=1000/otsc=SYE/otsi=SAER

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Antique Questions Forum / Antique wood and upholstered chair with carved women's faces (pair)

« on: September 27, 2010, 07:50:04 pm »

I recently became the owner of two antique chairs.   They have clean lines, measure roughly the same size as a standard dining room chair and are stuffed with straw and covered with burlap and upholstery.  The upholstery is faded, but it was probably gold, green and tan.  One chair is in its original state and the other has been polished or stained and the upholstery removed.  At first I thought they were John Jelliff chairs, but I think I am sadly mistaken!   They have two small wheels on the front legs of the chairs ONLY.  Can anyone give me some history on this type of chair?  Or point me in the direction  of where I can find more info about them?  Many, many thanks for your time!

Photos:  http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=3070732017/a=7841832_7841832/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Val