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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 210175, member: 37&quot;]I think the front piece fits if you consider this might be French or French influenced.&nbsp; It is also why I think this is probably a 19th century chair as opposed to earlier.&nbsp; I would expect the form to be more pure on an earlier example. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the legs are the same wood.&nbsp; They are just badly discolored by the ravages of time.&nbsp; I do agree that there is something odd about them, though I find some precedence for a truncated form.&nbsp; I still think there is a distinct possibility that this has been cut down and the foot reshaped a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good observation about the bird shaped piece possibly being added.&nbsp; The wood does look a bit different.&nbsp; I am not so sure though since the other one looks to match better.&nbsp; Maybe one is a replacement.&nbsp; They definitely have been reinforced with the screws.&nbsp; I think this had a darker stain originally as evidenced by the darker color on the underside of the seat.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; This chair has been through the mill&nbsp; but that is also part of its charm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Queen Anne chair with a floral front and a truncated foot for comparison. It doesn&#039;t have the French influence of the OP&#039;s chair but does show some variation in the form. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://okl.scene7.com/is/image/OKL/Queen%20Anne%20style%20side%20chair%20crop?$318%20x%20352%20bio%20vt$" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a later Victorian English nursing chair that bears some similarities to the OP&#039;s chair.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0385/9077/products/antique_nursing_chair_victorian_needlepoint_seat_english_walnut_side_c.1850lfa1164-1_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1483714700" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="https://www.londonfine.co.uk/products/antique-victorian-nursing-chair?variant=13763748231" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.londonfine.co.uk/products/antique-victorian-nursing-chair?variant=13763748231" rel="nofollow">https://www.londonfine.co.uk/products/antique-victorian-nursing-chair?variant=13763748231</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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