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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 583591, member: 5066"]In paintings of the period, this is what one usually sees in terms of 3 leg seating furniture, "turned" and not "joined" as OP chair is. I am not saying period paintings of interior scenes with these "captain chairs" don't exist, i am saying i am not aware of any and, that's a problem. Course it is european, Dutch in particular which is out of my field of knowledge.</p><p>Still, as of today, I'd guess these "captains chair" are 19th century victorian era chairs which is EXACTLY where i came into this thread. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brothel 1562</p><p>[ATTACH=full]175132[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]175133[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]175134[/ATTACH]</p><p>Peasants 1661</p><p>[ATTACH=full]175135[/ATTACH]</p><p>Photo of Morning Room with 17th century furniture</p><p>[ATTACH=full]175136[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 583591, member: 5066"]In paintings of the period, this is what one usually sees in terms of 3 leg seating furniture, "turned" and not "joined" as OP chair is. I am not saying period paintings of interior scenes with these "captain chairs" don't exist, i am saying i am not aware of any and, that's a problem. Course it is european, Dutch in particular which is out of my field of knowledge. Still, as of today, I'd guess these "captains chair" are 19th century victorian era chairs which is EXACTLY where i came into this thread. :hilarious: Brothel 1562 [ATTACH=full]175132[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175133[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175134[/ATTACH] Peasants 1661 [ATTACH=full]175135[/ATTACH] Photo of Morning Room with 17th century furniture [ATTACH=full]175136[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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