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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 160458, member: 44"]Now to be perfectly honest, I'm terrible on dating woods and furniture structure from pictures. I have to have an hands-on feel of an item and an close-up inspection to even venture a guess; however, shape and elements are right for the early 1800, late 1820s to the 1840s. Nowwww many later reproductions did use the same shape, etc... Possibly good pic of the rocker from straight on without looking down on it, good close up pic of bottom, and a good close-up pic of a rocker might help others to date it. Hoping Brad, one if not the best furniture guru on the forum, will show up with his opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the other pieces, as I said I haven't any help; however, I tend to agree with the others that they are relatively newer. The table to bench was called a settle, a bench with a high back and arms that were usually movable with the back serving as a table or were fixed.</p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2066628_early-1740s-to-1790s-settle-bench-table" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2066628_early-1740s-to-1790s-settle-bench-table" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2066628_early-1740s-to-1790s-settle-bench-table</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have never seen a settle used as a church pew and believe me I have been in many many churches dating from the 1700s to yesterday. In fact I was baptized in the oldest, still standing, in continuous use church in Connecticut - built in 1751 and still stands today.</p><p><a href="http://www.abingtonchurch.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abingtonchurch.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.abingtonchurch.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Settles were used to save space in homes and the high backs were protection from drafts. The backs were too high for church use for they would block the views of others behind them. If the backs were completely taken off then there would be no back to the pews.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Meant to add, I believe the benches of original settles had a storage compartment under the bench, raising the lid of the seat. Yours doesn't appear to have any storage capacity in the bench.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 160458, member: 44"]Now to be perfectly honest, I'm terrible on dating woods and furniture structure from pictures. I have to have an hands-on feel of an item and an close-up inspection to even venture a guess; however, shape and elements are right for the early 1800, late 1820s to the 1840s. Nowwww many later reproductions did use the same shape, etc... Possibly good pic of the rocker from straight on without looking down on it, good close up pic of bottom, and a good close-up pic of a rocker might help others to date it. Hoping Brad, one if not the best furniture guru on the forum, will show up with his opinion. As to the other pieces, as I said I haven't any help; however, I tend to agree with the others that they are relatively newer. The table to bench was called a settle, a bench with a high back and arms that were usually movable with the back serving as a table or were fixed. [URL]https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2066628_early-1740s-to-1790s-settle-bench-table[/URL] I have never seen a settle used as a church pew and believe me I have been in many many churches dating from the 1700s to yesterday. In fact I was baptized in the oldest, still standing, in continuous use church in Connecticut - built in 1751 and still stands today. [URL]http://www.abingtonchurch.org/[/URL] Settles were used to save space in homes and the high backs were protection from drafts. The backs were too high for church use for they would block the views of others behind them. If the backs were completely taken off then there would be no back to the pews. Edit: Meant to add, I believe the benches of original settles had a storage compartment under the bench, raising the lid of the seat. Yours doesn't appear to have any storage capacity in the bench. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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