That fabric is gorgeous! I see similar chairs on CL fairly often. You might look for a set of four, and relegate your extra chair to a bedroom or office. You'd have two sets to mix and match, and the extra would be available if needed.

Well, I'd be inclined to call those "country Queen Anne" chairs. Or possibly "cottage Queen Anne." The legs are not the usual QA cabriole. You probably won't find an exact match, but that shouldn't matter. You could pair them with upholstered, skirted chairs with the same camel-back top or upholstered chairs with turned legs.

The backs look very straight, which means they may be quite old, although the drop-in seats are more modern. Could we see the inside of the chair frame where the seat drops in? And a profile shot of the whole chair? What is the wood?

Nice job on the upholstery! I love the fabric you chose.

I loved the fabric as well! It's the most I've ever spent for fabric, but I bought a little extra because it was 50% off and I've been trying to find extra chairs. I wouldn't mind having extra chairs at all. I have been checking CL but haven't found anything similar yet, but I haven't been looking long. I'll keep looking, but our local CL is pretty slow.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fabric

Yep, let me get one disassembled and I'll post pics in a few.

As to the wood, I have no idea. The table top is veneer of some sort. Nothing that dh could identify. I forgot to ask him about the chairs.

Here's the table top, in all of it's flaking glory.

There is a purplish colored fabric under the green that was stapled on as well. I'm not sure if it was the original or not, but can rip off the green if that would help at all.

I'm having a hard time identifying the wood on my monitor. It could be cherry or a brown mahogany or walnut -- or even something else! Maybe someone with a better eye than mine can ID it. Do the legs of the table match the legs on the chairs?

That top looks like a perfect candidate for Howard Restor-A-Finish or something similar. Using it is quick and easy; it revitalizes the finish without stripping and refinishing.

I'm going to guess that the chairs are no later than the '20-'30s and might be quite a bit earlier. What a wonderful gift from your MIL!

I really like the fabric you've chosen! I think the suggestion to get another set of chairs to mix and match is a great one.

The chairs look very similar to the dining chairs my paternal grandparents had but I have no idea what the style is. As for the fabric, it's beautiful and yes you can use Scotchguard to protect it. Spray a scrap first, just to be sure but I've never had an issue with fabric being damaged. You can spray the fabric before cutting and upholstering but I think you get better results with the least amount of handling so I'd upholster the seats and spray before assembling. What a nice gift!

DH informed me that there was a company name stamped on the bottom on the slide. So I thought I'd hit the jackpot. Except it's just the slide manufacturing company. The Watertown Table Slide Company from Wisconsin. The company opened in 1889 and was bought by Reiss Manufacturing in 1985. The handle on the slide is marked Seng Chicago. Seng started in 1874, but cannot find an end date. I do know they were involved in munitions and parts in WWII, but that's all the information I can find. I did not do a lot of digging.

Here is what the table legs look like. Dh came home and thought that maybe the chairs were mahogany as well as the top, but we don't have any other mahogany furniture to compare it with, so it's only a guess. Sorry for the close crop, the living room is a disaster and I tried to leave out the toys, dirt, and laundry piles lol

Very nice! The table base makes me think the set is from the late '20s-'30s -- no earlier, no later, Unless the legs are splayed, instead of perpendicular to the floor, in which case it might be a little later.

Please please please don't paint. Try the Howard's Restor-A-Finish first. If it works (and I think it will), it will be less work than painting. And the set won't end up out at the curb in a few years, when style again changes away from painted furniture and the unpainted set is recognized as antique.

I have been searching for a certain old tiger oak dining chair to match my grandmother's set I inherited 40 years ago. My grandson fell over backwards in the armed chair (and luckily didn't kill himself) but it cracked the curved back of the chair. I can have it repaired, but thought if I could find one like it to cannibalize, it would likely be cheaper....but back to you! I found this site in that search and haven't posted yet, but thought maybe it would interest you. I know NOTHING about it, so am not recommending it, just FYI.

I also posted a pic on my local CL, both in the Antiques for sale and Furniture for sale listings, just in case someone has one or some like it and sees it - I think antique dealers peruse the listings looking for bargains, so that might also work.

Here is a link that might be useful: antique chair matching

The table legs are splayed. I just assumed it was a newer set and that it wouldn't hurt to paint it. MIL bought it at a junk shop a few towns over and didn't relay any information with the transfer to us. She most likely wouldn't have remembered more than a few days after she bought it anyways. I will try the Howard's before I do anything else. I'm not sure what to do with the gouges though. I was just going to Bondo them and paint over the Bondo. Suppose I'll have to do something a bit more professional or just leave them alone for now.

olychick- I never thought of posting a wanted ad on CL, but might try that. I will bookmark that link and check in from time to time. Do you know if what is posted ever changes or do you think you have to pay for the service to see everything?

As far as mixing chairs, I would assume I should use the same fabric to tie them together?

My pastor and his wife have a whole set of that including a buffet and china cabinet. It is in stellar condition. I have always loved it and if they ever sell it I would snap it up.

The fabric you chose is lovely!

You could use the same fabric, but it's not really necessary. You could also use a solid in a color that could be used in both the dining room and the living room, so they could provide extra seating in either room. I'd love to see the blue pulled out of the seat fabric, but I don't know what the rooms look like. Would blue work in both?

Looks to me like they have jacobean influence legs probably in the 1930's. Would look for a similar style, wish they had a furniture website dedicated to connecting buyers to sellers. Still looking for a Hvidt sofa FD146 after 3 years, of course I found one overseas which is around $5K w/o shipping,

I had planned on painting the dining room and entry the same color as the kitchen since it's a straight shot all visible from the other. Plus I really like the color and I have an extra gallon and a 1/2 from the kitchen. Plenty for the dining room at least, but would have to buy more for the entry that is still on paper but hasn't yet been remodeled (hinging on the last section of wall to get a new footer dug and it won't quit raining!). The dining room is still primer white and it doesn't have to be the same color. The living room is a grey green with plywood walls. Don't laugh, we had crawling babies and crumbling plaster, it was a quick fix years ago and will be drywall after the last corner is jacked up and foundation repaired. You can kind of see the color in the picture of the table. We have a lot of taxidermy work in there and greens really look nice with it. Ideally, we'd have a den to hoard that stuff in, but you can only do so much with an old farmhouse. I've accepted that this is dh's room and will resist the urge to box up the hundreds of antlers and the tacky arrangement of everything if I can decorate the rest to my liking. He realizes that it will all have to go if we sell. He'll probably also downsize a bit when he realizes how many holes he'll have to patch in drywall. I'll admit that I have added a couple deer mounts, a fish, and some shed antlers to the room. I'm not innocent.

In the beginning, I wanted a historically accurate home with small touches of things the two of us liked. Then we did the kitchen and threw all of that out the window. It is certainly not period appropriate and the brick wall doesn't go with the house, but I love it and don't mind that it sticks out like a sore thumb. I'd like to think the original lady of the house would approve of the update :)

Anyways, I'm up for changing any paint color except the kitchen. All but the living room is primer white or paint that was originally here when we bought the house. Yellow and orange are the only colors that are off-limits.

Cant find mach fr my chairs, mid century dining