Anyone help with info on this chair?

Hi there! Just wondered if anyone could shed any light on this chair at all. Wondering if it may be walnut, but keen to know what era and perhaps any thoughts on it!

 

Welcome!
GREAT photos! I would suggest you put your comments above them though.
Stand by for the 'furnies' to stop by. Brad and others will help you.

 

Looks to be a mid to late 1800s Ladies Parlor chair. I'm not as good with wood, but looks like walnut. Brad will tell you for sure.

A few more pictures might help. One face front, and maybe the underside.
Looks like it might have been repaired and refinished.

 

Can't tell too much from this one pic. Queen Anne style and does seem to have some age to it. What is the seat height? The way the front legs are truncated bothers me and may be an indication that it has been cut down. Possibly walnut but looks a bit light. Some better pictures are in order.

 

Wow thank you so much for your responses! I will take a few more pictures. It's an interesting piece but does look like it has had work done to it (certainly has been re-upholstered). I buy and sell, but not normally antiques! I just saw this and thought it looked very interesting!

 

Here are a few more pictures! I have included pictures showing where I think there has been a repair or something not quite right! It measures 30" high x 19" deep x 19" wide. Seat to floor 13". I sort of wondered given its height if it was some sort of nursing chair.

 

13" seat is very low. The the appearance of the front legs doesn't bother me as much seeing the new pictures. It is possible that it has been cut down but reshaped at the time of doing so. It is also possible that this is a true nursing chair and a bit lower. I would at least expect to see some casters on it to raise it up a bit.

This is an old chair. I would think mid 19th century or older. Would think Continental in origin or, possibly, British. Wood looks to be beech or, possibly, a fruitwood. Definitely not walnut.

 

Thank you Brad, that's really helpful I know this is a really hard question, but have you any thoughts on value? Having looked myself they really seem to vary in price! Thank you again for all your help and for the help from others, that really is lovely! Emily

 

Value is really dependent on where you are selling and venue. I could see this priced over $300.00 in a big city higher end shop or $25.00 in a rural backwater shop (even less at auction). The value is probably somewhere in between. If selling in a retail setting, this ought to be worth just shy of $100.00 in most places. You might have to settle for less if it doesn't sell readily. This assumes solid usable condition and clean upholstery. I would play up the nursing chair angle given the low seat. I think I would also add some color to that white putty so that it is not as noticeable.

 

@verybrad
Did you notice the front piece. I don't think it fits with the lines of the back. Something seems off to me with the style of the front legs and the chair back. Almost as if the front legs were a marriage.
I really like the back and agree it is mid 1800s.

 

The darker piece I marked A - looks like it was added. The leg looks like different wood.

 

Flat head screws to hold that added piece on

 

I think the front piece fits if you consider this might be French or French influenced. It is also why I think this is probably a 19th century chair as opposed to earlier. I would expect the form to be more pure on an earlier example.

I think the legs are the same wood. They are just badly discolored by the ravages of time. I do agree that there is something odd about them, though I find some precedence for a truncated form. I still think there is a distinct possibility that this has been cut down and the foot reshaped a bit.

Good observation about the bird shaped piece possibly being added. The wood does look a bit different. I am not so sure though since the other one looks to match better. Maybe one is a replacement. They definitely have been reinforced with the screws. I think this had a darker stain originally as evidenced by the darker color on the underside of the seat. Variations in wood color would have been masked quite a bit by the stain so they might not have taken as much care in matching pieces of wood. This chair has been through the mill but that is also part of its charm.

Here is a Queen Anne chair with a floral front and a truncated foot for comparison. It doesn't have the French influence of the OP's chair but does show some variation in the form.



Here is a later Victorian English nursing chair that bears some similarities to the OP's chair. While not Queen Anne in form, it shows similar French influence in the front and in the shape at the top of the front legs. It also has the added carved piece just above the legs in a leaf form as opposed to the bird form seen in our example.



Source:
https://www.londonfine.co.uk/products/antique-victorian-nursing-chair?variant=13763748231

 

Thank you so much for the added details and pictures. Explains things better. I'm not as well versed in furniture as you are.
The last chair you showed also has a piece that replicates what I called "A" in my snip it.

 

You are welcome. I agree that the Queen Anne back doesn't necessarily fit with the more French styled front. I think this is a good example of the evolution of style, as is the last chair posted.

 

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