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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help with some dining chairs: Mission Style? Craftsman?

« on: March 31, 2014, 10:44:38 pm »

Well there we go:

http://youtu.be/AsT8ML0dc10

 

Thank you all for the responses. I'm actually pleased with the news. The chairs are expensive enough so that I can justify spending a little bit on materials before I sell them but not too expensive that I have to worry about betraying God and Country when completing the job.

May I ask how you all learned so much about dating furniture? Are there master books that you rely upon? Or did you all just pick the knowledge up here and there over time?

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Antique Questions Forum / Help with some dining chairs: Mission Style? Craftsman?

« on: March 30, 2014, 11:11:59 pm »

Hi Folks,

I recently picked this four set of dining chairs up off of craigslist in New England. The chairs need to be re-glued and reupholstered but I find them rather simple and lovely. I kinda' like how the builder consistently laid out the quartersawn oak to create visual interest.

Anyway. A day after I brought them home, my wife stumbled across some antique chairs which were the same as she had in her sorority house back in the day, which I think is a rather nice reason to acquire furniture.

So long story not short at all (sorry), I think the oak chairs I acquired should probably go. I'm trying to figure out if I should simply re-list them or whether it's worthwhile making a project of them, regluing them, reupholstering them, and then trying to re-list them with a little markup.

Do any of you folks know how to date these? They have some patina on them so I know they're not new. My best guess was Mission style or Craftsman Style -- maybe later copies of those styles? And do any of you have a ballpark for what they would go for with a solid glue up and new upholstery?

Thanks in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide.