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Britt

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Help identify antique wooden chair
« on: January 23, 2014, 02:18:05 am »
Trying to help someone get info on what kind of chair this is.  It's very interesting, I haven't found a similar looking chair.  Found in Ohio, USA.  
« Last Edit: January 23, 2014, 03:03:33 am by Brittany Ruth »

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2014, 03:35:31 am »
I kinda like the design ..... but not the green uphostery.

The Texas gals will be up n' about later on and they can help you more than I can. ;)

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2014, 06:58:27 am »
and can you post a pic or two of the underside, as one  of the gals will want to see it..she,s right into bottoms... ;D..chair bottoms ..that is....
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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2014, 10:17:56 am »
Nice chair!
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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2014, 11:48:09 am »
I'am not one of the Gal's. But it is a Canadian, Peacock chair. Late Victorian.

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2014, 12:23:43 pm »
i,ve just looked at hundreds..if not thousands of Peacock chairs.and none of them ..remotely resemble this one....which makes me think...it might be,   a something else kind of chair.....

.https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=peacock+chair&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=e1zhUsPPKueM7QbCqoDABQ&ved=0CFgQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=638
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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2014, 12:38:02 pm »
It's your Choice. if it's not on the www it does not exist. I'am not a web searcher.

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2014, 12:38:35 pm »
The term Peacock chair only refers the shape of the back !! So if the shape fits that's normally what they are called !!  Not unusual for many variations to have been made depending on the mfr !!  

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2014, 12:39:50 pm »
Thanks Dewain, I think you are on to something.  It does resemble these garden peacock chairs , but I can't find any carved ones at all.  Also, it looks like maybe a vanity chair since it's so short but other than that I'm stumped.  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-twisted-metal-PEACOCK-chair-Garden-art-ORNATE-large-/221276768278?pt=Architectural_Garden&hash=item33851f8816

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2014, 12:44:56 pm »
Looks odd, to me. Like a nursing chair but with an unsuitable back.

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2014, 12:52:58 pm »
Could well be a vanity chair !! You didn`t give any specifics in the post !!  If so they were usually at the whim of the maker as to what they looked like !! They would not necessarily follow a style of the era !! 

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2014, 01:52:30 pm »
It's your Choice. if it's not on the www it does not exist. I'am not a web searcher.
did you get out of the wrong side of bed or something...i never said it does,nt exist....as for not being a web searcher...well its a lot faster than books... ;)
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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2014, 02:14:45 pm »
The Web does not supply, all the answer's.

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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2014, 02:55:33 pm »
The term Peacock chair only refers the shape of the back !! So if the shape fits that's normally what they are called !!  Not unusual for many variations to have been made depending on the mfr !!  

No question on this one. :D



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Re: Help identify antique wooden chair
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2014, 04:32:55 pm »
True Rauville !!  That one is sure a conversation starter !!