Help with origins of Queen Anne style side chair

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by Sedona, Mar 14, 2021.

  1. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    Hello, all. I’ve been posting some furniture and objects from my mother in law’s downsizing. This is a small old Queen Anne style side chair. It has what appears to be the original cane seat. It’s hardly been used but it hasn’t been cleaned either. She thinks it came with her first house that she bought in Los Angeles in the late 1960s.

    My total layman’s guess is that this is a factory made piece from the lattter half of the 19th century. I truly have no idea where (USA? England?) this was made, so any help would be appreciated.

    I apologize about the photos being sideways. I have an older iPhone, and I did check the orientation, but it still shows it this way on here. The photos are all upright on my photo library.

    Thank you, all. I appreciate it. More furniture to come!


    Top front. It’s made of multiple pieces.
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    Close up of back splat

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    back of chair

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    the stretcher is close to the front of the chair. There appears to be markings on the underside of the rear rail (the lighter portion of the rail) as well as the writing in front
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    top of seat. There are seams visible (looks like different pieces of wood were used)

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  2. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

  3. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Those screws and the drop in caning screams newer to me. The splines are the wood pieces surrounding the caning.
    greg
     
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  4. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    I'd say 20th century ca. 1920s or so. Mahogany splat; it's difficult to say if the rest of the chair is walnut or mahogany as well. The numbers are internal reference numbers from the manufacturer. Without a label or receipt of some kind it will be very difficult to say who made the chair, as there were literally dozens, even triple digits, of manufacturers at the time, most of whom did not label their product.
     
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  5. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    Thank you. I know a ton of these chairs were made, so it’s not very valuable whatsoever. I’m always curious as to the origins of the older pieces that we have. I appreciate the responses.
     
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  6. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    I have a piece very much like this, only it's a child's chair. It was made ca. 1920 in Kansas City.
     
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