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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 4353324, member: 6444&quot;]That indeed looks like a perfect match. So based on Winterthur example, your is also 1800 to 1815, made in New York city. The only difference between yours and mine is mine missing the wood strip around the seat edge. Also, I think I can explain the difference in paint decoration - mine with none (and no vestiges indicating it ever had any), and the difference between yours and the Winterthur example. Apparently there was a big business in paint decorating furniture in this time period, with decorative painters specializing in that in NYC at this time, when &quot;fancy&quot; chairs were the rage. Can&#039;t remember which museum referred to that. But these likely all from the same factory in same black paint, with two of them decorated after purchase to match other furniture or decorator whim (though of course also possible factory included various decorations).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, note the turnings are quite different from the typical Hitchcock designs made in later years, which is what made me search for the origin of this chair in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Must say I&#039;m surprised to see this thread resuscitated. Where in the country are you located? I&#039;m in New England (MA). And how did you find this thread?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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