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Title: Two old chairs
Post by: livinglucky on March 02, 2013, 12:16:45 PM: I will try this one more time.
My aunt gave me these chairs, I think
they are French carved Victorian.
I would like some help getting information about them.
I have a table and chairs I will need help with at a later
time.
Thanks for any help,
Roger
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 02, 2013, 12:30:23 PM: Chairs are not my forte..apart from the wood that they are made of...i have an insatiable woodburner...that can,t tell the difference between..old or new wood..in whatever shape its in....
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: sugarcube5419 on March 02, 2013, 12:53:45 PM: Mart will be able to help you when she signs in
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 02, 2013, 02:36:27 PM: Can yoiu take a pic of the underside of the seat close enough that we can see the construction method !! Also one of the back ??
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Post by: greenacres on March 02, 2013, 03:48:45 PM: Seems like Rocco style. What do you think, mart?
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Post by: livinglucky on March 02, 2013, 04:14:07 PM: I can take one of the chairs Sunday Mar. 4th
Here are two of the back and another of the front.
Thanks for looking.
Roger
P.S. Bigwull I'm glad to see that I get treated like the rest-thanks.
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 02, 2013, 04:27:01 PM: Quote from: livinglucky on March 02, 2013, 04:14:07 PM
I can take one of the chairs Sunday Mar. 4th
Here are two of the back and another of the front.
Thanks for looking.
Roger
P.S. Bigwull I'm glad to see that I get treated like the rest-thanks.
I,m glad you,ve got a sense of humour...
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 02, 2013, 06:18:12 PM: Lets wait till I can see the construction !! The upholstered oval back is similar to the Louis XVI style but French provincial leg is more late 1940`s !!~ Its a bit heavy !!
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Post by: greenacres on March 02, 2013, 07:53:50 PM: Your right mart it does look newer.
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Post by: Ipcress on March 03, 2013, 07:13:02 AM: Look like mid 20th repro to me.

I've not seen a period rocker like that before.
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 03, 2013, 09:09:51 AM: Thats what I think too !!
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Post by: livinglucky on March 03, 2013, 11:54:07 AM: Here is a shot of the bottom of one chair.
If you need I could pull the fabric and take some more pictures.
Thanks for the help,
Roger
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 03, 2013, 12:58:12 PM: Can you resize the pic down to about 1200 to 1500 KB ?? This one is so big that it is a blur when we enlarge it !!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 03, 2013, 01:36:14 PM: works ok with my superfast broadband... ;D...is this any better
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Post by: mart on March 03, 2013, 01:53:57 PM: Nope yours is only 118.47KB and it doesn`t enlarge at all !!
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Post by: bigwull on March 04, 2013, 03:42:57 AM: the joys of dial up.... ;D
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 04, 2013, 05:09:12 AM: From the look of those casters,, still 40`s or there about !!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 04, 2013, 05:20:11 AM: I don,t know...porcelain castors...might pre-date the 40,s,...although they may have been added to give them the old antique look,
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 04, 2013, 05:27:18 AM: Don`t think those are porcelain !!
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Post by: bigwull on March 04, 2013, 05:29:53 AM: they look like porcelain...we,ll have to ask Rodger the dodger,
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Post by: livinglucky on March 04, 2013, 07:44:37 AM: I'll have to work on that I just got
Windows 8 and don't know how it works yet.
Thanks
Roger
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Post by: mart on March 04, 2013, 07:58:29 AM: Look in your programs from your start menu !! Most all computers have some sort of photo imaging program on it !! Any will do it !!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 04, 2013, 08:29:47 AM: but i don,t need that..my new all singing & dancing digital camera does it for me,..then when i upload they are all the correct size...
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 04, 2013, 11:00:08 AM: Brag, Brag,, just because I have a cheapie Wal-Mart special !!!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 04, 2013, 12:11:34 PM: Quote from: mart on March 04, 2013, 11:00:08 AM
Brag, Brag,, just because I have a cheapie Wal-Mart special !!!
Well,they,ll match your cheapie...specs...L OL!!
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Post by: greenacres on March 04, 2013, 06:44:06 PM: ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: mart on March 04, 2013, 07:29:15 PM: LOL !!! Hard times are heading my way !! I can feel it !!
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Post by: bigwull on March 04, 2013, 07:38:21 PM: Quote from: mart on March 04, 2013, 07:29:15 PM
LOL !!! Hard times are heading my way !! I can feel it !!
strap this to your arse..it may help soften things a bit..... ;D
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: livinglucky on March 24, 2013, 08:24:10 AM: I had an antique person look at this two chairs.
They are from 1860 to 1880.
I guess they were restored in the 1940's.
The rocker is somewhat different.
The casters are porcelain as bigwull thought.
He thought about $700.00 would be good price.
Thanks to you all.
Roger
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 24, 2013, 09:10:25 AM: And what basis did they give for that date ??
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Post by: ghopper1924 on March 24, 2013, 09:17:39 AM: I would guess style and materials. Glad to see that we can put that mid 20th century dating to rest. The only thing mid 20th about these is the (re) upholstry, which looks more like 1960s or 70s.

I would think the chairs are closer to 1880 than 1860, but there you go.

And while we're at it, thanks mucho for actually going to the trouble to come back to update us!! So many just pose a question, then you never hear from them again.
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: livinglucky on March 24, 2013, 10:56:13 AM: Mart, I do not know what his reasoning.
He did seem to know what he was looking at.
Thanks again
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 24, 2013, 12:36:00 PM: I would bet a coke ( drinkable kind ) that you can find many similarities if you google "1940s repro French Provincial chairs" than you can googling "1860 to 1880 French Provincial chairs !!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 24, 2013, 01:13:15 PM: Quote from: mart on March 24, 2013, 12:36:00 PM
I would bet a coke ( drinkable kind ) that you can find many similarities if you google "1940s repro French Provincial chairs" than you can googling "1860 to 1880 French Provincial chairs !!
What would you know about coke...other than the drinkable kind....you told us you were a drinks only...temptress,.....in your younger days,...which,by your age means that you were the right age during the late sixties...when all of these M.A.D,s...were going about...those were the day,s indeed.... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: Ipcress on March 24, 2013, 01:44:51 PM: Quote from: mart on March 24, 2013, 09:10:25 AM
And what basis did they give for that date ??

And who was he ?

I just can't see mid / late 19th in those. The quality in this pair is much better

http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/price-guide/lot-13698108
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 24, 2013, 01:45:50 PM: Thats why I added "drinkable kind" !! Have no clue about anything else !! Sheltered life,, remember ??? :D
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Post by: bigwull on March 24, 2013, 03:18:11 PM: Quote from: mart on March 24, 2013, 01:45:50 PM
Thats why I added "drinkable kind" !! Have no clue about anything else !! Sheltered life,, remember ??? :D
Sheltered life ...my arse,...by saying the drinkable kind..implied you knew more than you were letting on...and as you,d have been 20 in 1969....height of Flower Power, Woodstock etc....you,re telling us...that you led a sheltered life....yeah....and Pigs,ll fly....unless they were .like pigs on the wing....which came a bit later....you,re getting to be a bit like,G,acre...........you,re "worth a watching"...... ;D
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 24, 2013, 04:26:26 PM: Flower power was not popular in Mesquite, Texas !! Trust me on that !!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: bigwull on March 24, 2013, 04:44:59 PM: Quote from: mart on March 24, 2013, 04:26:26 PM
Flower power was not popular in Mesquite, Texas !! Trust me on that !!
Yeah well, maybe if it had been....it would,nt have done it any harm.....and you might have got your one and only taste of an M.A.D, ;D
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: KC on March 24, 2013, 06:16:28 PM: People, Victorian chairs had porcelain casters!!!!!!! Wish I could see a better close up of bottom/construction.

I'm a thinkin' these just possibly could be older Mart!!! Just have had a "face lift" or touch of "botox" along the way! Would need to see better.
AND yes Wullies, I have High Speed Fios!!!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: mart on March 24, 2013, 07:16:55 PM: I honestly don`t think it is KC !! But only a hands on could say for sure and I ain`t there !! I think its as it was made in the 40`s !!
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: ghopper1924 on March 24, 2013, 09:05:00 PM: Quote from: KC on March 24, 2013, 06:16:28 PM
People, Victorian chairs had porcelain casters!!!!!!! Wish I could see a better close up of bottom/construction.

I'm a thinkin' these just possibly could be older Mart!!! Just have had a "face lift" or touch of "botox" along the way! Would need to see better.
AND yes Wullies, I have High Speed Fios!!!

Absolutely! I said as much also. Glad that the "hands on" evaluator agrees as well.
Title: Re: Two old chairs
Post by: cogar on March 25, 2013, 04:22:02 AM: Quote from: bigwull on March 24, 2013, 03:18:11 PM
Quote from: mart on March 24, 2013, 01:45:50 PM
Thats why I added "drinkable kind" !! Have no clue about anything else !! Sheltered life,, remember ??? :D
Sheltered life ...my arse,......you,re telling us...that you led a sheltered life....yeah....and Pigs,ll fly.......... ;D

Of course she's been living a sheltered life. She's not the one bragging about fixin up her 1st livable abode. ;) ;)