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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KikoBlueEyes, post: 1003228, member: 8363&quot;]When I purchased my Craftsman Bungalow twenty-two years ago, I needed a chair to place in front of the built-in secretary.&nbsp; So I went to the antiques swap meet in search of something suitable.&nbsp; I found what I was told was a Victorian reproduction of a Chippendale chair.&nbsp; I foolishly bought it and brought it home.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206849[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]206850[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Don&#039;t laugh.</b>&nbsp; Several years later, a friend brought his friend, an antiques dealer, over for a visit and to my chagrin, I was told it was a modern reproduction and a poor one at that.&nbsp; I vowed to replace it.&nbsp; So when I completed my recent 18 month restoration of my living/dining room, the time had come. <b>Enter this forum</b>.&nbsp; I sought to master the knowledge of how to determine the real from the reproduction.&nbsp; After a year, I learned I might die before I gained enough knowledge to do that.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Enter the hero</b> [USER=5066]@James Conrad[/USER].&nbsp; I tasked him with helping me find an actual Chippendale chair at a price I could afford.&nbsp; No mean task.&nbsp; After months of me showing him chairs from various auctions, he just pointed at one he found.&nbsp; Voila.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]206851[/ATTACH]</p><p>A Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut armchair, ca. 1770, with a shell carved crest, pierced splat and shell carved legs, terminating in ball and claw feet. Provenance: Alice Vaux Lewis, Easton, Maryland; Joe Kindig Jr. &amp; Son 1985; The Collection of Daniel Heisler and Mary Jane Sheppard, Lutherville, MD. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine. Mine. All Mine.&nbsp; Because James taught me how to bid (you&#039;ve seen his posts), I got it for less than the initial bid price and well below the estimate.&nbsp; I wanted to share this gorgeous chair with all of you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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