Can anyone tell me about these chairs

14 years ago

Got these chairs about five years ago. Just keep moving them around not sure what to do with them. Are they anything special, old or worth anything.

http://photos.gardenweb.com/home/galleries/2010/03/chairs.html?cat=my_favorite_room

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lindac
14 years ago
They look like 1960's hard maple early american stuff....but what's under the green cushions?
Linda C

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mark3871
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14 years ago
http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv112/mark3871/DSCN3992.jpg This is a picture with the cushion off.
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It's probably maple with a very red stain, from about the turn of the 20th century. Very likely it was one of a set...perhaps part of a parlor set consisting of a settee, ladies chair and gentleman's chair...or maybe just one of a pair. The carving is variously knows as "old North Wind" Or "Old Man of the North" and appears very often on furniture fro0m the last 19th century and early 20th. It has springs in the seat and perhaps that pillow head rest is veneer. It will be easy to re-do....but you will never EVER get all that reds tain out....so might as well not try, just restain a nice mahogany. Nice chair! Linda C
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lindac
14 years ago
Very nice chairs...well made and attractive...look like theya re about early 1960's..maybe Tell City...perhaps Kling...
Good quality used furniture, not rare antiques....but some day they will be.
Take the cushions off...I think you will like them better.
Linda C

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suzygail
14 years ago
Did the cushion have a hard back bottom on them? I wondering how to sit on them without the cushion?
pris
14 years ago
I wonder how to sit on it the "with" the cushion. Wouldn't it tend to sag or fall through the hole?

Was it caned at one time?
lindac
14 years ago
I'm sure the cushion is hard backed....there is no evidence that the chair was caned....that's why I wanted to see what was under the cushion.
Fori
14 years ago
Those would look wonderful with my grandmother's maple colonial style hutch thingy, probably also from the '60s. Some of the pieces from that period were just awful ugly colonialwannabes with bad proportions and shortcuts on trim. But those chairs (and my hutch) look nicely made (and maintained).

It would be a challenging DIY job to redo the cushions but if it would be easier to find a spot for them in your house in a different color, it might be worth having it done.
mark3871
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14 years ago
The chairs had these cloth like straps that had medal on the ends that went into slots on the chair to hold them in place. The straps were in bad shape so I cut a piece of plywood to put over the hole. Not very comfortable now with the plywood. I tried looking online for some replacement straps but couldn't find anything like them. I had no idea what the proper name would be for the straps so maybe thats why I was unlucky finding some replacements.
centralcacyclist
14 years ago
Probably called "webbing" but I could well be wrong. A fabric store with some upholstery supplies will have it.
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