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Please help me date a chair set

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

I purchased these chairs off facebook marketplace for $$. I knew they were bentwood and for the price I paid, good value regardless of age. They obviously look like Thonet chairs but I don't know enough about those to know. The woman I bought them from said they were originally her step-father's parent's dining chairs, and he lived to 103 so she guessed they were 100-120 years old.

Obviously, the seats (which may have been wicker originall) have been replaced with board, attached likely with glue and then modern tacks. There are some areas along the bends that look carved. There is visible wood glue attaching parts.

Please see attached for details.

Thank you!













Underneath chair



Modern tack attaching seat





Looks carved on top right







Some of the screws look handmade to me? The slit in the middle of several don't go completely across the head and are irregular in shape/width.

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