Antique Loveseat info. on help

Can anyone help with identifying this antique loveseat / settee. My grandparents had purchased it used, early this last century. I have not found anything close to it online searching yet. I don't have any exposed nails or screws to judge by, will need to dig into the seat base to see any. The design on the back looks hand carved and some sort of thick veneer or plywood that the back is shaped from. Wondering about approx. age and style on this piece. Not sure what the original seat would have been. I think my grandmother had recovered it a half century or so ago.

 

I can't identify it other than that the legs are Queen Anne style. It's beautiful!

 

I have carefully pulled off some of the nails holding the burlap on the seat base. I am not finding any screws. Wondering now if the legs may be pegged sideways into the wood seat base. On the back of the carved settee back, there are 4 wooden plugs where it is attached. Thanks for the leg style.

 

No real style other than Victorian. An example of Victorian whimsical excess, without much historical precedence other than those Queen Anne legs and a classical bowed arm shape. Very early 20th century up in to the teens and probably part of a parlor set originally. Was nearly new when your grandparent's bought it.

 

Thanks for the information!

 

Given those dates, Brad, wouldn't Edwardian be more accurate than Victorian?

Debora

 

True. Here in America, we tend to overlook the Edwardian in furniture and lump it all under Victorian. The styling is not that much different, particularly in this piece. I do sometimes use Edwardian for pieces from the era that are not quite so Victorian looking.

 

I like this one a lot. Haven't seen anything like this, and I'm glad that those who know dropped by with some information.