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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 119569, member: 44"]Yes, do wait for Brad!!! The chair seems to be in the Hitchcock style. Nowwww, I am bad on dating furniture from a picture. Brad is excellent at that. I will take a shot to see if I even come close to Brad's opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect it dates from the 1940s-1950s, but if refinished could date from the 1920s-30s when they were very popular??? Original Hitchcocks' date from the 1820s-1840s. The originals were signed on the back edge of the seat. Nowww many replicas from the 1940s onward are signed there also. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are elements of the chair that cause me to hesitate like the lack of a rolled front to the seat and the lack of turning on the front legs or on the front stretcher. The design of the back is a bit different; however, there were many different designs used on the slats and top rail such as “turtle-back,” “cut-out back slat,” “the pillow back”, eagles, cornucopias, plain, button back, crested back, etc... </p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 119569, member: 44"]Yes, do wait for Brad!!! The chair seems to be in the Hitchcock style. Nowwww, I am bad on dating furniture from a picture. Brad is excellent at that. I will take a shot to see if I even come close to Brad's opinion. I suspect it dates from the 1940s-1950s, but if refinished could date from the 1920s-30s when they were very popular??? Original Hitchcocks' date from the 1820s-1840s. The originals were signed on the back edge of the seat. Nowww many replicas from the 1940s onward are signed there also. :( There are elements of the chair that cause me to hesitate like the lack of a rolled front to the seat and the lack of turning on the front legs or on the front stretcher. The design of the back is a bit different; however, there were many different designs used on the slats and top rail such as “turtle-back,” “cut-out back slat,” “the pillow back”, eagles, cornucopias, plain, button back, crested back, etc... --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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