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Embossed Leather Chair
« on: October 22, 2015, 08:07:52 pm »
Any feedback on this chair would be appreciated, age, origin, style ?

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Re: Embossed Leather Chair
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2015, 04:59:42 am »
It looks like it's part of a dining room set. I'd say it originated in Europe or the northeastern U.S., it's in the Renaissance Revival style and it dates to the late 19th century.
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Re: Embossed Leather Chair
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2015, 08:52:01 pm »
Beautiful chairs! 

What can you tell us about these?  Country they are in?  Your history of the chairs that you know of?  Was it with a table set?  Buffet/Sideboard?

I almost agreed about Renaissance Revival...but the bottom/underside of the chair (could be because of the pictures) just doesn't scream the age of RR to me. HOWEVER, it is in the style of RR - totally agree with ghopper1924 on that! :)

Beautiful pieces.  Can you tell if this is tooled by hand (can you see individual tooling marks)?
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Re: Embossed Leather Chair
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2015, 08:23:22 am »
Awesome. Yes, they are beautiful.

I'd say late Renaissance Revival rather than early, i.e. 1890s to early 20th century. They have the look of R.J. Horner's 1890s-1900s dining room sets...he/they occasionally put out a set with leather upholstry.

However, it could be continental Europe from the same time period or a bit earlier....after all, France was often Horner's inspiration, especially in the early years.
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Re: Embossed Leather Chair
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2015, 04:26:30 pm »
Thank's for the information ! It is part of a dining set, I was told it's from Austria ? there are no markings on it.

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Re: Embossed Leather Chair
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2015, 11:32:53 pm »
Can you post pictures of the table and other parts of the set please?
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