After procrastinating for awhile I’ve decided to “chime in” on this one.
I’ll have to agree with Mart on this one and say it is mid 20th or later. Now I could be wrong,
and often am, but to me it just has that “new” look, meaning that the patina of the wood is not one of an old chair.
Most all types of wood, when exposed to “light”
for many years, will “darken” with age due to a photo-chemical reaction when the “light” strikes the exposed surface grain of the wood. And not all of the “surface” wood of a piece of furniture is exposed to the same amount or intensity of “light” at all times, thus there is
usually always slight variations in its patina.
I remember when my father was installing new “clear pine” molding around a door casing and when he started putting varnish on it I ask why he wasn’t going to “stain” it first to match the other wood. He replied, … “
NAH, it will darken up after awhile and look just fine”. ......... And it did just that.
And looking at the picture showing the “dust cover” on the underside of the seat …. it
infers to me that the chair has never been re-upholstered or refinished.
But anyway, …. this is what I think an early Barley Twist chair should more like, to wit:
Carved Barley Twist Chairshttps://clshopper.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/carved-barley-twist-chairs/ My final word is, it’s a beautiful chair and iffen you “
luv it” then that’s all that matters because you can’t put a price on “memories”.
