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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 341082, member: 84"]This is from Bob Brooks of Antique Q&A which was a link in a early answer about this chair. I told him the antiquers board mentioned him in describing a similar chair, and sent him photos of mine. Here is his reply which he asked me to share with you all:</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles:</p><p>I took a look at your chair photos. What you found is a Victorian Gothic</p><p>Revival corner chair that probably dates from 1840 to 1865. Corner chairs</p><p>existed during the Jacobean Period of the 17th century. The design of this</p><p>one features medieval motifs. And, yes, it sort of looks Chinese but isn't.</p><p>It's also not related to Chippendale, who used Chinoiserie motifs in some of</p><p>his furniture designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the Victorian Era, there were lots of style revivals. In fact,</p><p>there's no such thing as one Victorian style. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share this with the people at Antiquers.com. Also, please tell them</p><p>about my online antiques magazine. It's free and currently has 16,000</p><p>viewers. Go to The Antiques Almanac at <a href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com./" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com./" rel="nofollow">http://theantiquesalmanac.com. </a>The</p><p>theme of the latest edition is "All Things Victorian." </p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on Victorian Revivals, read "The Victorian Era--An Age</p><p>of Revivals" at <a href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victorianrevivals.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victorianrevivals.htm" rel="nofollow">http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victorianrevivals.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bob Brooke</p><p><a href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theantiquesalmanac.com/" rel="nofollow">http://theantiquesalmanac.com</a></p><p><a href="http://antiquesqa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://antiquesqa.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://antiquesqa.blogspot.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He then sent me a 2nd email:</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles:</p><p>On further inspection, I also think your chair is probably English. It's</p><p>also possible that it was used in a church, given the St. George and the</p><p>Dragon theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bob</p><p><br /></p><p>- So, should I call it: </p><p>A English Victorian Gothic Revival corner chair that probably dates from 1840 to 1865??</p><p>Thanks all - and thanks Bob![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 341082, member: 84"]This is from Bob Brooks of Antique Q&A which was a link in a early answer about this chair. I told him the antiquers board mentioned him in describing a similar chair, and sent him photos of mine. Here is his reply which he asked me to share with you all: Charles: I took a look at your chair photos. What you found is a Victorian Gothic Revival corner chair that probably dates from 1840 to 1865. Corner chairs existed during the Jacobean Period of the 17th century. The design of this one features medieval motifs. And, yes, it sort of looks Chinese but isn't. It's also not related to Chippendale, who used Chinoiserie motifs in some of his furniture designs. During the Victorian Era, there were lots of style revivals. In fact, there's no such thing as one Victorian style. Please share this with the people at Antiquers.com. Also, please tell them about my online antiques magazine. It's free and currently has 16,000 viewers. Go to The Antiques Almanac at [URL='http://theantiquesalmanac.com./']http://theantiquesalmanac.com. [/URL]The theme of the latest edition is "All Things Victorian." For more information on Victorian Revivals, read "The Victorian Era--An Age of Revivals" at [URL]http://theantiquesalmanac.com/victorianrevivals.htm[/URL] Thanks, Bob Brooke [URL='http://theantiquesalmanac.com/']http://theantiquesalmanac.com[/URL] [URL='http://antiquesqa.blogspot.com/']http://antiquesqa.blogspot.com[/URL] He then sent me a 2nd email: Charles: On further inspection, I also think your chair is probably English. It's also possible that it was used in a church, given the St. George and the Dragon theme. Thanks, Bob - So, should I call it: A English Victorian Gothic Revival corner chair that probably dates from 1840 to 1865?? Thanks all - and thanks Bob![/QUOTE]
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