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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help identify this chair please.

« on: June 06, 2011, 12:21:52 am »

Done some research on the net last night (finally got some free time lol), looks like it could be a Elm Yorkshire ladder back chair,but dating it looks like a bit of a problem, these chairs range from the 17th to the late 18th century, so I have decided to take it to the local auction house with a couple of other pieces I have got on their free appraisal day later this week. 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help identify this chair please.

« on: June 05, 2011, 11:57:22 am »

Thanks Guys, Hi Mart, yes I am pleased with it only cost £5 at a car boot, I will stick with my motto if you like it buy it 

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Antique Questions Forum / Help identify this chair please.

« on: June 04, 2011, 02:52:52 pm »

Sorry Guys need your help again, another chair picked up very cheap  , I  bought it because I liked it, (I was told if you like something buy it).
     Can anyone help with dating this chair please, I presume it is a ladder back but is it English, Dutch or....? hope the pictures help.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: June 04, 2011, 02:41:05 pm »

Thanks KC

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 26, 2011, 03:54:47 pm »

  Cheers mart 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 26, 2011, 03:39:57 pm »

  Cheers oceans64 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 26, 2011, 03:33:45 pm »

I had someone look at them to refurbish them he said it would cost nearly £600 to do them in period materials, (he defiantly wont be doing them lol),  so i got an idea now of the type of cloth to use, all i am going to do with the frames is take some of the dirty wax of and re wax after in a clear one. I will defiantly enjoy doing these chairs as they only cost me £8, when they are finished i will post pictures on here for you all to see.
    I would like to thank you all again for all your suggestions and ideas it has been a great help.

      Best Regards to you all from England.
                                                        Tezza.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 24, 2011, 05:20:45 pm »

 Hi oceans64, haha your right it is frustrating, I am at the point now where maybe the bonfire was the better option  Seriously though I love the look of these chairs, I have scoured the net for the last 2 or 3 weeks trying to find something like them but to no avail.

 The answer to your question oceans is yes it is attached at the sides. 

I really do appreciate all the help you are all giving me many thanks to you all.

            Tezza.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 24, 2011, 04:16:28 pm »

Hi hosman321, have you got a link to the chairs you have been looking at please, could be helpful, if they are copies of Gothic chairs I would like to restore these as close as possible to the originals, have you any idea what the seat and back support materials were. I have an idea it could possibly be leather ? or could it be tapestry material ? but what colour either way ?

     Many Thanks.
                      Tezza.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 24, 2011, 02:58:46 pm »

Hi mart, No the back legs are not splayed.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 24, 2011, 02:54:22 pm »

Hi again a couple more pictures which may help 

Just a thought these chairs are in the UK,

 I think they are hall chairs, or maybe church or country furniture

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 24, 2011, 02:30:25 pm »

Hi Mart, No sorry mart no history, they were buried at the back of the loft of my mums bungalow she bought last year. thought they were to good to chuck on the bonfire.
To me they look a little like Elizabethan, but maybe later repro`s,they look like they got loads of age to them but some people are so clever ageing things so any help would be a great help.


  overall height is 37"
  width is 18"
  depth is 17"
  seat height is 18"
  seat size 18" x 17"
  back seat pad is 8" x 17"

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 24, 2011, 12:34:14 pm »

Hi Oceans64, thanks for the reply, didn't think anyone was going to answer lol, As requested more pictures of carvings and corner construction + hardware (think screws might have been replaced not sure), hope this will help identify the period of the chairs.

   Best Regards
               Tezza.

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Antique Questions Forum / Need help please on my Chairs

« on: May 23, 2011, 08:25:04 am »

Hi, I have a pair of chairs I want to restore, I would like to know more about these chairs,are they English, French, Dutch, German, before I start if anyone could help me identify the approximate age of them and also what type of material and colour they would have been.
   many thanks,
                   Tezza