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hi everyone wanting to know if anyone has any information on these chairs , my Mam is downsizing her house so needs to sell however she knows nothing about them so any info would be great .

 

First is Chinese. Appears to be reasonable quality and with some age (would think first half of 20th century). Second, I am less sure about. Maybe European circa 1880. Would like to see the whole chair from the front.

 

Will get a pic up thankyou

 

Thanks. I think my initial analysis correct. There are some elements of the renaissance revival style but doesn't scream so. I am less versed in European furniture than American so perhaps someone else could pin this down a bit better.

 

Thankyou do you have any gues in a value ? My Mam had someone round and they offered her £20 a chair

 

I think the Chinese one is huanghuali wood. It is in a very traditional style, and there is a market for those.
Some info:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/new...huali-furniture-precious-wood-elegant-design/

 

What would you advise on how to sell them I really don't have a clue who to contact etc I'm in the northeast / Durham if that helps

 

UK? A lot of posters here are American, so we don't know your local market worth a bean. I like the Chinese one, however. The Victorian mishmash chair would be lucky to find a buyer here at all, unless someone painted (ack!) the poor thing.

 

Yes I'm uk /north east based

 

Your hall chair, that second one, is wildly out of fashion, sadly. Looks like classic North of England country furniture. I think £20 is a bit low, you might get £40 at auction, but you'd have fees, of course. That would take it to £30 - see if you can push it to that. If you look on Ebay UK under hall chairs, you'll get a good idea of what I'm on about.

On the Chinese one, I'd email a couple of the better auction houses or look for a specialist dealer in Chinese furniture.

This bloke isn't that far from you, relatively: http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/chinese_huanghuali_chair/as178a1934

A dealer will typically offer you a quarter of retail, but that's still more than £20!

Oh, and these guys are Ooop North. http://chineseart.co.uk/about-us/

 

PS: Don't let yer mam sell owt at the door!

 

Thankyou there's actually a pair of the more expensive one not just the one . Will have a look at the links

 

Ah, well that makes it much more interesting. Might even be worth seeing if the big boys have got an Asian sale coming up.