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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 230405, member: 44"]The feet are indeed unusual. They aren't exactly a bun, onion or ball foot. They almost look like they have a disk/platform under a *very* wide saucer pad or under a flatten saucer type bun foot sometimes referred to as a Dutch foot like you said in your original message. Usually pad feet are found on cabriole legs of the Queen Anne style, but these legs are **certainly not** cabriole. I do suspect it has Dutch or German connections. The legs are straight and stocky with hardly a turning if any, I think. The legs almost look like they have a type of narrow banding around them where the stretcher is attached.</p><p><br /></p><p>A close-up pic of foot and leg at eye level, not looking down on it, might help. Also a pic of the underpinning of the table might help in IDing the age. I well be interesting in seeing what Brad and others think! The real furniture gurus will probably be along before the day is out.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thespruce.com/identifying-antique-furniture-foot-styles-4072015" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thespruce.com/identifying-antique-furniture-foot-styles-4072015" rel="nofollow">https://www.thespruce.com/identifying-antique-furniture-foot-styles-4072015</a></p><p><a href="http://buffaloah.com/f/glos/legs/legs.html#Feet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://buffaloah.com/f/glos/legs/legs.html#Feet" rel="nofollow">http://buffaloah.com/f/glos/legs/legs.html#Feet</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As you no doubt already know, the chairs look to be c1900 oak pressback chairs.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]69295[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 230405, member: 44"]The feet are indeed unusual. They aren't exactly a bun, onion or ball foot. They almost look like they have a disk/platform under a *very* wide saucer pad or under a flatten saucer type bun foot sometimes referred to as a Dutch foot like you said in your original message. Usually pad feet are found on cabriole legs of the Queen Anne style, but these legs are **certainly not** cabriole. I do suspect it has Dutch or German connections. The legs are straight and stocky with hardly a turning if any, I think. The legs almost look like they have a type of narrow banding around them where the stretcher is attached. A close-up pic of foot and leg at eye level, not looking down on it, might help. Also a pic of the underpinning of the table might help in IDing the age. I well be interesting in seeing what Brad and others think! The real furniture gurus will probably be along before the day is out. [URL]https://www.thespruce.com/identifying-antique-furniture-foot-styles-4072015[/URL] [URL]http://buffaloah.com/f/glos/legs/legs.html#Feet[/URL] As you no doubt already know, the chairs look to be c1900 oak pressback chairs. --- Susan [ATTACH=full]69295[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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