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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 387677, member: 51&quot;]Thanks for the link, Peggy.&nbsp; Based on the label and wooden casters, I think this one is probably 1920&#039;s-30&#039;s, give or take.&nbsp; I am glad I got it.&nbsp; I even think the paint isn&#039;t the end of the world because it kind of works with the piece, plus looks like it might have been applied several decades ago, not recent.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might be shocked to learn that I almost didn&#039;t get the chair at $5.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was one of the first to the sale and it was just me and this (mostly) book dealer.&nbsp; He started this stream-of-conscious complaining, a bit louder than a whisper, about the sale being &quot;kind of a disappointment in person&quot; (compared to photos and description on Craigslist). This complaining became a&nbsp; distraction to me because I was afraid the former owner&#039;s children would hear him.&nbsp; Good grief.&nbsp; But he had a point, hard to describe, although things were well sorted, there was a bunch of upholstered furniture that was heavily used, lots of 60s 70s but not collectible. Plus everything was super dark in the house.&nbsp; No lights on, and I think whatever table lamps they had maybe had been put in storage.&nbsp; Not sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; So sort of got in this mindset that nothing too good was there, hadn&#039;t slept well the night before and on top of that, I was pre-coffee.&nbsp; Walked by the chair (unpriced at the time) at least 5 times without getting it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then the book dealer spotted a very cool MCM table lamp, sort of cubist in design, jeez almost right in front of me in the middle of all the stuff that wasn&#039;t good, and I didn&#039;t see it first.&nbsp; Somehow that jolted me into action.&nbsp; Although I usually don&#039;t get much furniture as I don&#039;t have a B&amp;M store, I thought, &quot;well I&#039;m hoping to get <i>something&quot; </i>so took a 2nd look at the chair, and asked about it.&nbsp; The 65 yr old son said, &quot;oh, mother had that in the mountains, she used to collect antiques&quot;.&nbsp; Took a new look, spotted the cool label in the back and asked for a price.&nbsp; $5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Decided to get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, once home and looking online, was glad I did![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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