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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Weird Chair

« on: April 29, 2011, 08:27:52 pm »

The innerds appear to be "straw like" material. The nails holding what is left of the fabric on the chair also appear very old. Not modern nails. I will try and take a picture of it soon. The wheels on the bottom also seem original to the chair and very dated. My mother bought it at an estate sale about 35 years ago in Nebraska. She said there was a sofa matching it, but didn't purchase it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Weird Chair

« on: April 28, 2011, 10:46:45 pm »

There are brass caster... (wheels?) on the bottom of the legs. I posted somewhere else also and was told: wood is most likely figured birch stained to appear mahogany.  from 1920.  mixture of styles, victorian and empire but not of that period. Hmm.. I soo badly want to know where it was made and by whom. Why can't I find anything else like it anywhere?!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Weird Chair

« on: April 28, 2011, 06:11:02 pm »

That would be my next question... I would like to have it restored, but I need more info before I go ruining it!  I would like to stay true to what it would have been back in it's "glory" days.

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Antique Questions Forum / Weird Chair

« on: April 28, 2011, 05:51:10 pm »

I came across this chair in my mother's garage recently and she said she bought it at an estate sale about 35 years ago. Any idea what kind of chair it is and from what period? I can't find anything like it on the internet. The carving on the arms appear unique and do not resemble lions to me as other chairs I have seen. Please see attached pics. Any help would be appreciated.